Benefits Of Normal Delivery: Is It A Good Option?

When you are calculating the date of your delivery, that means your pregnancy has come to an end and you are preparing yourself to give birth to your child and bring your little home to your home and enjoy a happy motherly time. So, when you are about to give birth, you as a new mother might be a little anxious about whether you will be able to give birth to your child safely and successfully so that both you and your child remain healthy after childbirth. So, before getting ready to give birth and going to the hospital, it is very much important for the new mother to know which method of childbirth will be the most appropriate for her and which method she should adopt for her delivery and most importantly, what she should avoid ensuring the safety and good health of both the mother and the child.

The normal method of delivery, also known as ‘vaginal delivery,’ is by far considered one of the safest and easiest methods of childbirth. In fact, more mothers prefer to have a normal delivery, and doctors prescribe natural childbirth more often compared to any other method of childbirth. This is because, vaginal childbirth has few side effects compared to any other process of childbirth and does not involve any severe complications after the birth of your child, as it can occur in other types of childbirth methods, mostly in a C- section birth. So, before you are going for your delivery, you should know what the benefits of normal or vaginal childbirth are, how it works, and if it involves any risk factors during or after the birth process.

All About A Natural Childbirth: Here Is What You Can Expect

When you choose to give birth naturally, you can expect to have a healthy and safe childbirth process that will feel like your baby passing through its birth canal and reaching the vaginal and cervical openings to finally come out and you will have to push in the process as you will feel the labor pain and contraction, and it will be safer and beneficial for both the mother and the child to undergo a natural birth without any medical or surgical assistance until and unless emergency or any sort of complication occurs.

When you are going to give birth to your baby naturally, you will be comfortable and will feel at home with all the support from your health care expert, your midwives, and the doulas. You will have your own control over the entire childbirth until any complication occurs. When the baby is about to travel through the birth canal and come out through the vaginal and cervical opening, you will feel that you are ready to give birth normally and the birth will be safe and successful.

Benefits Of Normal Or Vaginal Birth:

Normal or vaginal birth comes with a lot more benefits compared to other methods of childbirth and many health care experts prescribe this method of childbirth more often, because of its excellent benefits. Though complications can arise in the case of any childbirth techniques, normal childbirth is the safest one with the least amount of maternal transfusions. Some of the most important benefits of normal delivery that are worthy of mention are as follows:

• No Risks are involved: As said above, normal delivery is the safest method of childbirth and has much lower chances of complications than the other methods of childbirth. Moreover, this method does not involve any surgery or complications that occur in other kinds of childbirth techniques. Moreover, the baby does not get harmed or affected in any way at the time when it is pulled out of the mother’s womb. Moreover, there are no chances of either the mother or the baby or both catching infections that might occur during the case of other surgical methods of childbirth.

• Breast-feeding becomes easy: In other methods of childbirth, the mother is applied with anesthetics, so she goes numb and cannot have the baby to herself right after giving birth. But in the case of normal or natural childbirth, the most important benefits are that the mother can feel the child, have skin contact, and can breastfeed the child easily from right after birth. This also helps to resolve many of the breastfeeding issues that may arise after birth. In fact, it has been found in recent studies and experiments it has been found that in normal births, there is the highest rate of breastfeeding success.

• Baby can breathe easily: In the case of natural childbirth, the breathing problems in babies go down significantly as this method of childbirth prepares the baby’s lungs for easy and free-breathing after it is born by the release of the baby’s amniotic sac through the lungs at the time the baby passes through the birth canal.

• The most comfortable childbirth: Natural or vaginal childbirths requires less or no admission to hospitals other than in case of complications or in a situation of emergency and this occurs at homes or in birth centers, so mothers can give birth to their babies as comfortably as they want to be, can take the support of a doula or a midwife, especially when they require massage or relaxing compresses during the pain of labor and the contractions. Often, mothers undergoing a natural method of childbirth are found to give birth to their babies in water so that they can ease the pain felt during labor.

• The child remains safe: The child remains safe and healthy after natural or vaginal childbirth, particularly when the birth takes place without any help of medication or surgery because when the child travels down the birth canal and comes out through the cervical and vaginal opening, it gets exposed to many species of healthy bacteria that help the baby to build up a strong immune system.

Other Benefits Of The Natural Method Of Childbirth:

Apart from the above-mentioned advantages, there are a few more benefits that are enjoyed by mothers and babies who undergo a natural method of childbirth. Some of those methods are as follows:

• A faster rate of recovery after childbirth than any other method of delivery.
• You are less likely to face any further complications or damage during childbirth in your future pregnancies.
• Lower chances of developing post-natal difficulties like post-natal hemorrhage.
• Fewer chances of getting any kind of issues related to the placenta such as placenta previa.
• Almost no chance of getting a hysterectomy.
• You can give birth in a much more familiar and comfortable place.
• Your health care expert will be constantly monitoring the progress of the baby through its birth canal with the use of a handheld ultrasound instrument.
• No chance of getting any disorder related to the uterus or the urinary bladder.
• Avoid any disorder related to constipation or irregular bowel movement.
• Natural childbirth is very cost-effective.

Easy Recovery Process Of A Natural Childbirth:

According to recent studies and experiments it has been found that women who undergo a normal delivery require an average of around six to eight weeks to recover after childbirth, whereas it takes months to recover for those who opt for other methods of childbirth. The soreness of natural childbirth remains for just a couple of days or maybe some weeks for some women and the pain feels just the same as in any vaginal childbirth. But there are some easy remedies too that will effectively help you to get rid of the soreness and pain that can result from natural or vaginal childbirth, such as compressing the portion with an ice pack, going for a relaxing massage, and many other ways. But it is important to care for yourself in the phase after you have given birth to your baby naturally for a faster and easier recovery. If you do not take proper care of yourself after giving birth to your child naturally, then certain types of complications might begin to arise in your body.

Some such complications are listed here as follows:

• Mild to heavy bleeding from your vaginal opening.
• Extreme tiredness, fatigue, and exhaustion; this tiredness can even lead to fainting if the condition becomes too severe.
• Pain and burning sensation in the vagina while you urinate.
• Mild fever and headache.
• Swelling of legs, ankles, and feet with a feeling of severe pain and cramps.
• Pain in the abdomen.