What is the Breathing Method for Pain Relief during Childbirth?

Childbirth is a very painful experience. Many women find it difficult to bear the pain during childbirth. In this case, the role of breathing pain relief during childbirth is very important. Using breathing pain relief during childbirth can greatly reduce the pain of women during childbirth.

1. What is Lamaze breathing method?

The Lamaze method of childbirth is also known as a psychological preventive method of preparation for childbirth. This method of delivery, which starts from the 7th month of pregnancy until delivery, allows the mother to focus on her breathing control during delivery through a learning process of neuromuscular control, prenatal gymnastics and breathing technique training, thereby diverting pain, relaxing muscles appropriately, and being able to remain calm during labor pain and delivery with confidence, thereby speeding up the delivery process and ensuring the smooth birth of the baby.

2. Chest breathing

This method is used at the beginning of labor, when the cervix is ​​about 3 cm dilated, and the breathing method used is slow chest breathing.

Expectant mothers can feel the uterus contracting every 5 to 20 minutes, with each contraction lasting about 30 to 60 seconds. Expectant mothers learn to take a deep breath through their nose, and then inhale and exhale as the uterus contracts, repeating this process until the contractions stop and then resuming normal breathing. Chest breathing is an effortless, comfortable, and pain-reducing breathing method that allows expectant mothers to accurately inform their family or doctors about contractions whenever the uterus begins or ends.

3. Others

Lamaze labor breathing method is a breathing method to help women relieve labor pain during labor, especially in the first stage of labor. Continuously practicing various muscle relaxation and breathing techniques can reduce the pain during childbirth, help mothers overcome their fears, and give birth easily and smoothly. It is very practical. The Lamaze childbirth breathing method includes five movements: chest and abdominal breathing, light shallow breathing, shallow breathing, blowing out candles and pushing hard. Mothers can practice more.