How to scientifically [confinement]

Most Chinese parturients have to have a special [ceremony]-confinement within a few weeks after giving birth. Traditional confinement has many taboos, the most common of which are: keeping warm absolutely and covering your whole body even in summer; Can’t go out or even get out of bed, can’t blow; Can’t wash your face, wash your hair, let alone take a bath or brush your teeth; In terms of diet, we should avoid raw and cold food and eat various [supplements]. Even with modern science and technology, new taboos have been developed that cannot watch TV, mobile phones and so on to avoid hurting eyes. People usually think that the experience handed down from generation to generation must be reasonable. However, Read More …

Is cesarean section a better choice?

Vaginal delivery is a delivery method created by God for human reproduction when he created human beings. However, due to a series of viewpoints circulating in the society in recent years, such as cesarean section is safer, children are smarter, postpartum sex life is less affected, and labor pain can be reduced. As a result, many pregnant women and their families, Make up your mind to have a cesarean section from the day you are sure of your pregnancy. The wrong ideas affect not only ordinary pregnant women, but also medical workers, even doctors, nurses and midwives who work in obstetrics and gynecology. So when some doctors suggest that you have a cesarean section, it is not profitable, but it Read More …

Those things about pregnancy and childbirth: lateral episiotomy is not recommended regularly during natural childbirth.

For many expectant mothers who plan to have their own children, Episiotomy is not only a pain in the skin, but may also be a pain in the chest. Some expectant mothers originally planned to give birth by themselves, but they began to back down at the thought of cutting a knife [below]. According to their statement, I would rather cut a knife [above] (cesarean section) than a knife [below] (episiotomy). In fact, there is already a lot of evidence-based medical evidence to prove that conventional episiotomy has not brought the benefits we hope to see. On the contrary, it will increase some complications, For example, 3-degree and 4-degree perineal laceration, sexual intercourse pain, etc. Neither WHO (World Health Organization) Read More …

The Things of Pregnancy and Birth: Abortion and Fetal Protection

After pregnancy, expectant mothers are most worried, confused, and recommended by professionals and laymen for the most. After more than 20 years of medical practice, I have seen too many strange stories, outrageous practices and brain-dead formulas in the aspect of abortion and fetus protection, which really makes people speechless. In order to let everyone have a correct understanding of abortion and abortion protection, let’s first tell you some basic facts about pregnancy and abortion: In the whole female population, the total abortion rate of clinical pregnancy is about 15%, if biochemical pregnancy is calculated, the total embryo loss rate is as high as 60-70%, and only about one third of all pregnant embryos can be converted into surviving newborns. Read More …

Pregnancy and Birth: Umbilical Cord Around Neck

After B-ultrasound, A common problem troubling expectant mothers is the umbilical cord around the neck. Because some people (including some obstetricians and gynecologists) will say, Umbilical cord around neck is dangerous, Better have a cesarean section, If you give birth by yourself, you will have serious adverse consequences such as intrauterine hypoxia and asphyxia. This statement makes many expectant mothers at a loss. Feel anxious, because not only the Internet is saying, friends around you are saying, even some obstetricians and gynecologists are saying so. For this kind of rumor, everyone’s mentality is often to believe it rather than believe it. It is really an old saying: no one believes the truth, fallacies spread thousands of miles! In order to Read More …

The Things of Pregnancy and Birth: How Should Children Be Born

Having children is a science, It is also a craft, As long as a physician can read well, You can cure the disease without hands, but obstetricians can’t do it well only by reading. Obstetricians should have a pair of skillful hands and touch them to know if they can be born. If they can’t be born, they can be born on the way to the operating room. As a result, the forceps can’t be pulled out and they have to operate. The joke is very big. In surgery, patients only need to lie on the operating table and undergo surgery passively. In internal medicine, it is OK to follow the doctor’s advice and take medicine. In obstetrics, giving birth Read More …

Pregnancy, Delivery and Lactation in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis

Myasthenia gravis is not a contraindication of pregnancy. The condition of sick women varies during pregnancy and may improve, worsen or stabilize. The condition is more likely to worsen in the first 3 months of pregnancy, while the condition is more likely to worsen in the last 3 months of second pregnancy and postpartum. However, myasthenia gravis is not a contraindication of pregnancy. Spontaneous abortion caused by myasthenia gravis is rare. Cholinesterase inhibitors and prednisone are safe for the fetus. At present, there is no evidence that pregnant women taking large doses of prednisone will have adverse effects on their infants. Azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, etc. may have teratogenic effects and must be stopped before pregnancy. Although there is no large-scale clinical Read More …

The taboos of those pits [mothers] in Chinese pregnancy and confinement

There are too many taboos in the Chinese confinement! A friend said: When I was a child, parents like to take care of their children. This is not enough and that is not enough. When the child grows up, he can’t take care of it. Perhaps the parents will have a sense of loss. When the child gives birth to the child and confinement, the parents can finally find the sense of authority that you have not discussed. Let the elders take care of it and find the sense of authority, and we will recognize it. However, different places pay attention to different things, and different places taboo may even be opposite! As a result, when people from two different Read More …

Understand postpartum depression and stay away from those [blue] sadness.

For every family, Giving birth to a baby is a great event, However, not everyone can happily face these things. Statistics show that about 80% of new mothers will suffer from inexplicable anxiety and depression after delivery, which is called [baby blues] abroad. [Baby blues] is a normal psychological stress reaction after delivery. However, if your symptoms last for more than two weeks, then you may need to pay attention to whether you have [postpartum depression]. Is what postpartum depression? When adding new members to the family, the new fathers are often at a loss and at a loss. Other family elders are eager to teach the parturient various traditional methods of confinement. Few people care about the psychological state Read More …

Is painless childbirth safe? Is it completely [painless]?

A few days ago, I was on the night shift of [painless labor]. Just after taking over and counting the medicines, I received a phone call from the doctor in the delivery room. A parturient asked for labor analgesia. When I came to the delivery room and asked briefly about the situation, I couldn’t help frowning: another pregnant woman who didn’t come to the [labor analgesia] course. Seeing that she was already in great pain and sweating, I decided to give her anesthesia first. Generally speaking, it takes about 7-8 minutes for a skilled obstetrician anesthesiologist to do this process, and the middle pregnant woman may have 2-3 contractions. At this time, the pregnant woman must maintain her current position Read More …