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Coping with Labour - One Contraction at a Time
How you approach labour can effect how you feel about your birth experience later on (is your glass half full or half empty!!) It's surprising to most women to learn that labour isn't a continuous discomfort but comes and goes and gives you time to recharge your batteries in between contractions. When you break it down as in the following article it might give you a bit of extra confidence to keep going.
Once you are in established labour, you will experience contractions that come with regularity. From the time a contraction begins until the time the next contraction begins will determine "how far apart" the contractions are.
Lets look at this more carefully.
Contractions are coming every 3 minutes and lasting for about 1 minute. This means that in 1 hour, you will experience contractions for 20 minutes, and will be resting for 40 minutes.
A contraction has a "up" when it begins; a tightening. Then it has a "peak" where you feel it's intensity, and then it goes "down" which is relaxing. About half of the contraction is "up" and about the other half is "down" with only a second or two at the peak. Only half (the first half) of your contraction will involve the "pain". The other half is relaxing.
Since you can estimate 20 minutes of the hour is spent on contracting, only half of that time is spent on going "up". In other words, 10 minutes out of every hour.
Declare your motto "I can do anything for 1 minute". The "up" of a contraction will almost always be less than 1 minute except maybe the final minutes before birth.
By taking your contractions one at a time- and spending the remaining part of your labor relaxing, you will find that labour can be managed easily! Relaxaing between contractions is key...some women even sleep between contractions. Let your entire body go loose and limp...this way you are conserving your energy.
Some general guidelines to help assess and manage your contractions:
Early labour
Contractions coming 15 minutes apart lasting 25 seconds (12 seconds "up") 59 minutes of rest, discomfort felt for 1 minute per hour
Contractions coming 10 minutes apart lasting 30 seconds (15 seconds "up") 57 ½ minutes of rest, discomfort felt for 1 ½ minute per hour
Active labour
Contractions coming 5 minutes apart lasting 45 seconds (23 seconds "up") 55 ½ minutes of rest, pain felt for 4 ½ minutes per hour
Contractions coming 3 minutes apart lasting 60 seconds (30 seconds "up") 50 minutes of rest, pain felt for 10 minutes per hour
Transition
Contractions coming 2 minutes apart lasting 90 seconds (45 seconds "up") 37 ½ minutes of rest, pain felt for 22 ½ minutes per hour
You're on the home stretch now :)
Sorry its long, hope it made you feel a bit more confident. I def needed to read something like this!
How you approach labour can effect how you feel about your birth experience later on (is your glass half full or half empty!!) It's surprising to most women to learn that labour isn't a continuous discomfort but comes and goes and gives you time to recharge your batteries in between contractions. When you break it down as in the following article it might give you a bit of extra confidence to keep going.
Once you are in established labour, you will experience contractions that come with regularity. From the time a contraction begins until the time the next contraction begins will determine "how far apart" the contractions are.
Lets look at this more carefully.
Contractions are coming every 3 minutes and lasting for about 1 minute. This means that in 1 hour, you will experience contractions for 20 minutes, and will be resting for 40 minutes.
A contraction has a "up" when it begins; a tightening. Then it has a "peak" where you feel it's intensity, and then it goes "down" which is relaxing. About half of the contraction is "up" and about the other half is "down" with only a second or two at the peak. Only half (the first half) of your contraction will involve the "pain". The other half is relaxing.
Since you can estimate 20 minutes of the hour is spent on contracting, only half of that time is spent on going "up". In other words, 10 minutes out of every hour.
Declare your motto "I can do anything for 1 minute". The "up" of a contraction will almost always be less than 1 minute except maybe the final minutes before birth.
By taking your contractions one at a time- and spending the remaining part of your labor relaxing, you will find that labour can be managed easily! Relaxaing between contractions is key...some women even sleep between contractions. Let your entire body go loose and limp...this way you are conserving your energy.
Some general guidelines to help assess and manage your contractions:
Early labour
Contractions coming 15 minutes apart lasting 25 seconds (12 seconds "up") 59 minutes of rest, discomfort felt for 1 minute per hour
Contractions coming 10 minutes apart lasting 30 seconds (15 seconds "up") 57 ½ minutes of rest, discomfort felt for 1 ½ minute per hour
Active labour
Contractions coming 5 minutes apart lasting 45 seconds (23 seconds "up") 55 ½ minutes of rest, pain felt for 4 ½ minutes per hour
Contractions coming 3 minutes apart lasting 60 seconds (30 seconds "up") 50 minutes of rest, pain felt for 10 minutes per hour
Transition
Contractions coming 2 minutes apart lasting 90 seconds (45 seconds "up") 37 ½ minutes of rest, pain felt for 22 ½ minutes per hour
You're on the home stretch now :)
Sorry its long, hope it made you feel a bit more confident. I def needed to read something like this!
by deemcc on Mar 11, 2012
Out for mothers day! First one, yay!
by TommysMommy 9 days ago
Makes me sick! One of the stories on my local news is about a mom who gave her one month old son rat poison in his bottle. Apparently the baby is okay and with family, but I hope the mom goes to jail for a long long time and becomes permanently infertile. Stupid b*tch!
by shelle0599 10 days ago
This baby didn't cry last night!!!!! Let's keep it up, Lily!
by acorley517 11 days ago
I'm in need of the baby whisperer, like the dog whisperer. Someone to teach my baby how to sleep! I don't cope well when I'm sleep deprived. At this rate, I could sleep a whole week and still be tired. Hell I'll become a bear and hibernate for the summer, not winter, I prefer the cold! Lol
by amynicole87 11 days ago
Can't believe she'll be 10 weeks on Monday! Where does time go?!?!
by kjsuitor 11 days ago
Ladies
I've been in two minds for weeks now and I really need some advise.
How successful have these been for you? and how easy are they to use and put on as I dread a crying baby and me struggling to put this thing on!!!!
Thanks
I've been in two minds for weeks now and I really need some advise.
How successful have these been for you? and how easy are they to use and put on as I dread a crying baby and me struggling to put this thing on!!!!
Thanks
by babydenney1 11 days ago
2 months on the 9th! Was asked if she could model for a portfolio. Hey if I get the photos for free why not!
by JodiK 11 days ago
So I have a bachelor's degree in Fashion design, journalism and advertising and I'm not really doing much with it right now because I feel like its not what I should be doing.. Anyways I make clothes for my daughter and my son.. Well a couple of baby boutiques have contacted me asking me for samples and if they are a big hit in their store then they'd like to do a order.. This is HUGE for me, and I'm super nervous.. I don't know how I'll have the time or energy.. But after not doing anything submission's and having a random person end up with a onesie of mine in pretty damn stoked.. I just had to share :)
by brandi.wine 13 days ago