02-04-2014, 11:55 PM
Sophie smiled and nodded, very pleased to see, that he was doing fine and feeling comfortable with his environment. She knew how important that was for men as well as for women, when they were about to give birth and had to lay everything they had, their destiny so to say into the hands of a doctor or a midwife.
"Well", she started, wanting to explain the process of a birth as detailed and comprehensible as possible, but at the same time avoiding to scare him. "Some days before the birth, the mucus cork will loosen and will be expelled via your rectum. This cork closes the uterus and protects it from being infected by bacteria or other things. So, if you discover a about 5 centimeters long piece of thin flesh in your bed, in your boxer shorts or elsewhere, then you will know, that it won't be long until the actual birth", she explained, trying not to be too graphic, because she didn't want to steal him his appetite.
"Well, as you might know, contractions are responsible for bringing the baby down. But before the regular contractions start, you will possibly feel premonitory pains, also called Braxton Hicks Contractions, which prepare everything for the birth. You may have already felt those contractions. They are not really painful, but they even occur some months before the birth appearing with the 25th week. So if you have ever felt your stomach contract some day for about 30-60 seconds without having pain, then those should have been this kind of contractions", she explained and smiled, before continuing. "Well, the real contractions feel different. They are more intense and create a completely different feeling, you will see. Those contractions are responsible to bring your baby down into your birth canal. At the beginning they come about every 15 minutes and last for about 20-30 seconds. As time goes by, they will get closer together, rest longer and get more intense. The sense of those real contractions is to open up your rectum and your birth canal for your babies. This can take some hours of time and will end, when your entrance is dilated to 10 centimeters", she explained and made another pause to see, if he got any questions.
He just nodded, so she continued.
"Okay. During the last centimeters of dilation, you will feel pressure building up in your pelvis, as the head of your baby goes down.........and when you are fully dilated, you will start to feel an urge to push. This is the sign, that you are just about to give birth. We then wait for the next contraction and when the contraction hits, you try to push with it. Normally one pushes free times for ten seconds during one contraction, but this can be varied. Sometimes, the person who gives birth pushes longer, sometimes shorter.........this depends on how much strength and energy she has", she explained and smiled. "Well and after some time your first baby will be crowning and slowly coming out", she added with a gentle smile.
"Well", she started, wanting to explain the process of a birth as detailed and comprehensible as possible, but at the same time avoiding to scare him. "Some days before the birth, the mucus cork will loosen and will be expelled via your rectum. This cork closes the uterus and protects it from being infected by bacteria or other things. So, if you discover a about 5 centimeters long piece of thin flesh in your bed, in your boxer shorts or elsewhere, then you will know, that it won't be long until the actual birth", she explained, trying not to be too graphic, because she didn't want to steal him his appetite.
"Well, as you might know, contractions are responsible for bringing the baby down. But before the regular contractions start, you will possibly feel premonitory pains, also called Braxton Hicks Contractions, which prepare everything for the birth. You may have already felt those contractions. They are not really painful, but they even occur some months before the birth appearing with the 25th week. So if you have ever felt your stomach contract some day for about 30-60 seconds without having pain, then those should have been this kind of contractions", she explained and smiled, before continuing. "Well, the real contractions feel different. They are more intense and create a completely different feeling, you will see. Those contractions are responsible to bring your baby down into your birth canal. At the beginning they come about every 15 minutes and last for about 20-30 seconds. As time goes by, they will get closer together, rest longer and get more intense. The sense of those real contractions is to open up your rectum and your birth canal for your babies. This can take some hours of time and will end, when your entrance is dilated to 10 centimeters", she explained and made another pause to see, if he got any questions.
He just nodded, so she continued.
"Okay. During the last centimeters of dilation, you will feel pressure building up in your pelvis, as the head of your baby goes down.........and when you are fully dilated, you will start to feel an urge to push. This is the sign, that you are just about to give birth. We then wait for the next contraction and when the contraction hits, you try to push with it. Normally one pushes free times for ten seconds during one contraction, but this can be varied. Sometimes, the person who gives birth pushes longer, sometimes shorter.........this depends on how much strength and energy she has", she explained and smiled. "Well and after some time your first baby will be crowning and slowly coming out", she added with a gentle smile.