It is worth learning how to breathe during childbirth and in bouts

If it is difficult for you to grip your tummy with your hands, and the gestation period is little more than 8 months, you can confidently say that you already stand with one foot in the birth chamber, and it's too late for you to learn how to breathe during childbirth and in battles. It is precisely the chosen pace and depth of breathing that can not only distract the young mother, but also affect the time and quality of the process of passing the child through the birth canal. For example, a deep breath and an exhalation of oxygen-rich air will reduce the likelihood of hypoxia (oxygen starvation) in the baby's brain.

Carefully approaching the planning and course of pregnancy, you should not disregard the very delivery. We need to think about respiratory gymnastics, because from knowing how to breathe during childbirth and during fights, the further well-being of your child and yours may depend.

Types of breathing

1. Breast (diaphragmatic), or the so-called "female" breath. The inhalation is due to the expansion of the chest, the exhalation is superficial. This is the way women breathe
2. Abdominal - "male" breathing. A feeling is created that the inhaled air enters the abdominal cavity, and when exhaled, the muscles of the press relax as much as possible.

Having understood this statistic, any techniques for respiratory gymnastics will seem trivial to you.

In which cases how to breathe: during labor and during bouts

This exercise helps to relax as much as possible between intense contractions. The more often a deep, relaxing breath is practiced before delivery, the more accurately you will act in a stressful situation during the process itself. A deep breath should have a length of at least 4 seconds, and exhalation - 6, all this contributes to filling the lungs of the mother with oxygen, which she shares with the baby. Practice this exercise is not worth more than 5 minutes, because of the oversaturation of the brain with oxygen can cause dizziness. After several workouts, try changing the posture, because that's how you will look for the most comfortable position during childbirth. Carefully rehearsing this method, you will never forget how to breathe in fights.

Superficial rapid breathing ("dog-like")

It will help if the previous method is already powerless. A short rhythmic breath quickly gives way to an intense exhalation similar to a hedgehog. The number of pairs of inhale-exhale per second should be 1-2.

Deep breathing with exhalation "into the voice"

This technique is similar in its execution to deep, relaxing breathing. The main difference is in the voice "stuffing", when together with the exhaled air from the chest something like a lightweight "fuuuuhhh" breaks out. Using this method, you fight as if "singing". Deep breaths with various exhalations are advised to alternate with the goal of replenishing forces between contractions.

Breathing in attempts, or "jogging"

Use this training is only at the moment when the doctor or midwife asks for it. And before this, it is necessary to breathe evenly during fights! Here the basis is the penta, around which the entire breathing system is built. Everything begins also with a deep breath, then holding the breath, only during which you can push. Ends with a slow slow exhalation. Observance of all the above rules will help to use the fight as effectively as possible in its favor and speed up the process of delivery.

These methods allow you to understand how to breathe during labor and during labor, but all the main work falls on you. Listening to your feelings, do not forget to follow the advice of doctors.