What role can yoga play in childbirth?

The effect of yoga during pregnancy is not only reflected in prenatal education, but also in helping the mother deliver smoothly.

The help of yoga during pregnancy to smooth delivery is mainly reflected in: it helps relieve tension during pregnancy, makes feelings happy and full of vitality; massage the internal organs, regulates endocrine, and slows down pregnancy reactions; promotes blood circulation and digestive functions, and relieves common discomfort during pregnancy; It helps to enhance the flexibility of the pelvis and spine, relieve back soreness and bone pain during pregnancy, strengthen the strength of the body, and is conducive to delivery; exercises the elasticity of muscles and helps restore the body after childbirth; Establish a closer connection with your growing baby; it is easier to listen to the messages and instructions from your body during childbirth, which helps shorten the labor process.

Below we will focus on explaining how to use the methods in yoga practice to help smooth delivery during childbirth.

For most expectant mothers during normal pregnancy, developing an exercise plan that lasts from 13 to 28 weeks of pregnancy or until delivery not only allows the baby to receive good prenatal education, but also is very important for the psychological and physical health of pregnancy and smooth delivery. necessary.

The muscles we use during childbirth: pelvic floor muscles, birth canal, perineum, etc. can all be well exercised during "yoga during pregnancy". During childbirth, the resilience, endurance and elasticity of these muscles, as well as our breathing cooperation during childbirth, the distribution and use of strength, and good cooperation with the midwife, are good guarantees for our smooth natural childbirth.

At about 40 weeks of pregnancy, accompanied by regular contractions, the long-awaited first stage of labor comes. In yoga classes during pregnancy, expectant mothers have been taught to use gentle and deep breathing to relieve tension and maintain physical strength. At this time, it will take a certain amount of time for the mouth of the uterus to be fully opened and the fetus to be delivered, so it is most important to relax as much as possible, because the real hard labor is in the second stage of labor.

During yoga during pregnancy, straighten your spine with your back against the wall, separate your legs, cross your hands, squat slowly with your breathing, and maintain your posture. It helps open the pelvis, reduces back pain, and helps the fetus better enter the pelvis in the third trimester.

Use the King Kong Sit, your knees are crunchy, your hips are seated on two separate rear heels, and your hands are placed naturally and comfortably on your legs. Each time you inhale, tighten the birth canal, perineum, and anus, feel that the uterine orifice is a gathering point, lifting the muscles in these areas little by little. Slowly relax the muscles in these areas with each exhalation. Don't exercise for too long each time. Step by step, and don't hurt your baby and your own reproductive organs.

When the second stage of labor comes, the uterus is wide open and it feels like it is about to defecate. This is the most important moment to deliver your baby's head. Be sure to breathe deeply through your nose and squeeze your abdomen hard to extend the strength to the birth canal. Breathe air halfway and continue to exert force. With the combined effect of the pressure on the hands, feet, birth canal, abdominal cavity and the baby's hard work, the baby's head should be pushed out of the birth canal soon. When the head comes out, you need to take a little rest. Don't use all your strength to push the baby out immediately, so as not to damage the baby's tender shoulders and collarbone. After a short pause, the midwife has already held the baby's head. An experienced midwife will tell you to use force, so that under the guidance of the midwife, a small tilt will make the baby's shoulders smooth. Delivery. Of course, with the joint efforts of the baby and mother, the mother and child survived the difficulties safely together.

Delivery of the placenta in the third stage of labor is already a matter of course. At this time, the pregnant woman needs to enter the fourth stage and quietly recuperate.

Although yoga during pregnancy is very good for expectant mothers to give birth, we must warn everyone to practice under the correct guidance of professional instructors. If expectant mothers have special medical advice, they must follow the doctor's instructions to take care of their baby and pay attention to their physical and mental health during pregnancy. Check with your doctor before practicing if it is appropriate.

Yoga training believes that maintaining a good mood and persistent practice is effective. Don't try to be strong, don't compare with each other, and listen to the needs of your baby and your body to exercise is the most appropriate way. May every pregnant mother have a smooth delivery. Every baby can grow up healthily. (Internship Editor: Wu Jinyu)