How to quickly break water in late pregnancy

In the late pregnancy, the pregnant woman's amniotic fluid will break, which is an important sign of labor. If the amniotic fluid has not broken in the late pregnancy, you should pay attention at this time and closely observe the health of the fetus, whether the amniotic fluid becomes turbid, etc. If the amniotic fluid has not broken, you should use some medical methods in time to treat it to avoid adverse effects on the health of the fetus.

How to quickly break water in late pregnancy

If the expectant mother's water breaks early, it is likely to cause bacterial infection or umbilical cord prolapse. Therefore, after the water breaks, the expectant father must take measures to prevent situations that affect the fetus.

1. What expectant mothers should do: No matter what the occasion, you should lie down immediately to prevent the amniotic fluid from flowing out. The posture to be adopted is to lie flat on the bed, put a pillow under the buttocks, raise the buttocks, and try to keep the head low and the buttocks high. The purpose of this is to prevent fetal intrauterine hypoxia.

2. What the expectant father should do: Help the expectant mother lie down flat and immediately call an ambulance. On the way to the hospital, let the expectant mother remain lying flat at all times. Tell your doctor if you have brown or green tarry material (meconium) coming out of your vagina because it is the result of the fetus's intestines being squeezed and often means that the fetus is in stress or danger.

What do doctors do after your water breaks?

Whenever you feel your water breaking, expectant mothers should go to the hospital for a check-up as soon as possible to confirm whether it is water breaking. If the expectant mother shows no signs of labor within 6 to 12 hours after her water breaks, in order to prevent bacterial infection, the doctor will use oxytocin to help the expectant mother enter labor and start delivery.

Generally speaking, normal amniotic fluid ruptures before delivery, but strenuous exercise and excessive fatigue can also cause amniotic fluid rupture. If the fetal head has not descended after more than 4 hours of water rupture, antibiotics should be taken to prevent pregnancy and prevent intrauterine fetal infection.

Is a caesarean section necessary after water breaking? Not necessarily. It depends on whether the expectant mother has indications for cesarean section such as cephalopelvic disproportion (such as funnel pelvis, small pelvis, etc. pelvic abnormalities or the fetus is too large, etc.), abnormal fetal position (such as fetal breech presentation, transverse presentation, etc.), intrauterine infection, fetal intrauterine distress, etc. If you do not have any of the above problems and are able to have a vaginal birth at 36 weeks of pregnancy, you can have a vaginal birth.