All About Normal Childbirth – Does the Cord Interfere?

Normal childbirth is surrounded by myths and truths and lately with the boom of humanization of childbirth, women have become more aware and have made choices different from those that we get used to seeing and living with.

Cesarean section is a great way of delivery, it has its benefits, but the most appropriate and also the ideal is to do as our grandmothers, great-grandmothers and even mothers did and today it is desired and unfortunately even fought by many pregnant women: childbirth normal!

Myths and truths

In this series we will unravel some myths and truths that are theoretically excuses for normal birth to happen smoothly and to know everything about normal birth, which can really get in the way.

Which situations should really be avoided for a normal birth and which “problems” can be classified as medical excuses or even to induce women to have a cesarean delivery without real need and also why not say it, without being desired.

How many reports come to me of women frustrated by not having dreamed of a normal birth. Well, then let’s start to unravel the myths of normal birth and the first item on the list is the umbilical cord, are the cord circulars really harmful to the baby in the case of normal delivery? So come on! Everything about normal birth.

Myths and Truths of Normal Childbirth – The Umbilical Cord

Normal delivery has often been prevented by this factor: umbilical cord, circular cord or more popularly called cord turns around the baby’s neck. But would that really be an indication for having a cesarean delivery? These days talking to a specialist I discovered that the cord is elastic! Yea! It stretches a lot!

Umbilical Cord Formation

And there’s no short cord too. The cord is made of a kind of firm gelatin that stretches and was made to go wherever the baby goes, where to turn inside the belly so there are no problems with the cord circular even if it is double, single or triple. What scares moms is seeing the baby being born purple during normal delivery and that was also a question when I found out that the cord is elastic.

Is Cordon Circular Dangerous?

So why is there no problem with the cord loop? there is a myth that he can “hang” the baby, but know that this is not possible since he is soft and even though he has two laps, the baby does not breathe like us inside the mother’s womb.

The baby receives all the nutrients and also all the necessary oxygen through the placenta and the umbilical cord but it is all about normal delivery that you need to know to be calm. Following “strong” scenes, of course it is a birth, so know that they are real scenes and that there is exposure of the vagina at the time of delivery but I highly recommend it, it is a sublime moment in a woman’s life.

Explanatory Video

But the suffering due to lack of oxygenation happens in normal birth but not due to the circular but rather due to the contracture of the uterus, which can reduce the heartbeat of the fetus at the peak of contraction. Contraction can compress the cord and thus decrease the flow of oxygen to the baby and that is why it is very important to monitor the baby during normal delivery.

True Cord Knot

Another factor that may be the real reason for problems with the umbilical cord is the real cord knot, this knot is due to the baby’s turns inside the uterus and especially if there is excess fluid in the amniotic bag . The pressure that the cord undergoes during childbirth together with the knot may be reasons to redouble care, but it is also not an impediment to normal childbirth.

Reader Report

The reader Patricia Amaral had a normal hospital birth but humanized and she tells how it was to see her baby being born with a double circular cord and tells everything about normal birth that was the best experience of her life. “I was waiting for Emanuel with such anxiety… The obstetrician we chose was a professional who supports and a lot of normal humanized childbirth.

He gave me all the coordinates to have my child through normal birth even if it was a hospital I didn’t care, I wanted to have the feeling of giving birth. On December 22nd, at 41 weeks of gestation, the scholarship broke and my husband and I went to the hospital. When I got there I was in severe pain and the on-duty doctor examined me and I was already 4 cm dilated and that was all I wanted!

I was referred for an ultrasound because he said he was suspected of having a placenta previa, it was a scare because in the whole pregnancy they had not told me anything about it. The ultrasound was normal but he found a way to try to refer me to a cesarean even with dilation, my baby had 2 turns of the umbilical cord.

I stamped my foot and called the obstetrician who accompanied me and even though my plan did not cover the delivery, he proposed to have a normal delivery. Emanuel was born on the 23rd to 00:12 with 3670 kg and 49 cm of normal birth and with two circular rings around his neck. He came straight to my lap and already suckled so I say, that if the baby is well, there is nothing to prevent normal delivery. ”

The home normal birth almost always has relief workers and those using a device to gauge the baby’s heart and see if everything is ok. If all is well with the beats and there are no signs of fetal distress, normal delivery can go smoothly. Remember that circulating the umbilical cord is no longer an obstacle for normal childbirth to happen, talk to your obstetrician.

See also: How to care for a baby – dressing and cutting nails

Dr. Alexis Hart
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My name is Dr. Alexis Hart I am 38 years old, I am the mother of 3 beautiful children! Different ages, different phases 16 years, 12 years and 7 years. In love with motherhood since always, I found it difficult to make my dreams come true, and also some more after I was already a mother.

Since I imagined myself as a mother, in my thoughts everything seemed to be much easier and simpler than it really was, I expected to get pregnant as soon as I wished, but it wasn’t that simple. The first pregnancy was smooth, but my daughter’s birth was very troubled. Joana was born in 2002 with a weight of 2930kg and 45cm, from a very peaceful cesarean delivery but she had already been born with congenital pneumonia due to a broken bag not treated with antibiotics even before delivery.

Dr. Alexis Hart

My name is Dr. Alexis Hart I am 38 years old, I am the mother of 3 beautiful children! Different ages, different phases 16 years, 12 years and 7 years. In love with motherhood since always, I found it difficult to make my dreams come true, and also some more after I was already a mother.Since I imagined myself as a mother, in my thoughts everything seemed to be much easier and simpler than it really was, I expected to get pregnant as soon as I wished, but it wasn’t that simple. The first pregnancy was smooth, but my daughter’s birth was very troubled. Joana was born in 2002 with a weight of 2930kg and 45cm, from a very peaceful cesarean delivery but she had already been born with congenital pneumonia due to a broken bag not treated with antibiotics even before delivery.

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