When it comes to ‘birth pain’, every woman must be scared, right? Those who have not experienced it are curious to know, but those who have experienced it all say: ‘it hurts, the pain is indescribable’. So in the end, how painful is childbirth? Scientists have helped mothers describe that pain precisely like this.
The human body can tolerate up to 45 del units of pain. But when a woman gives birth vaginally, the mother experiences 57 units of pain, which is equivalent to breaking 20 bones at once. Admittedly, this number shows that the endurance of women is extraordinary. And if you don’t give birth, you won’t experience pain like it for the rest of your life.
Why is childbirth so painful?
Doctors still say that you must have pain to give birth, if you don’t have pain, you can’t give birth. That’s exactly because the uterus needs to contract to create the force to push the baby out. It is this contraction that frightens single mothers. Labor will be counted from the beginning of the contraction of the uterus and the opening of the cervix.
Through each contraction, the mother’s uterus will press the baby deep into the pelvis. During the contraction, the muscles in the uterus are very strong and the mother can completely feel on the outside of the body, the abdomen of the baby. The mother stiffens during contractions and softens when the contractions are over. All this pressing, bending and pushing is very painful. To make it easier to imagine, you can imagine that ‘all the muscles in your arms, back, and legs get overloaded when you try to push a car uphill’.
Near delivery, contractions will come closer and last longer, making the mother extremely single. Pregnant women also feel terrible pain in the whole body, especially in the pelvis, back, perineum, bladder and intestines. All these parts will be “stuffed” to make the pain stronger, preparing for the birth of the baby.
How to reduce labor pain?
Labor pain will be very painful, that is what mothers are forced to go through when giving birth naturally. However, according to the experience of those who have gone before, there are some ways that can help mothers reduce the pain (these are just suggestions and they work differently for each pregnant woman).
