Patient's question:
I am 40 weeks pregnant. In the afternoon yesterday, I felt discomfort in my abdomen, a sensation of heaviness. After going to the bathroom, I noticed red in my underwear. At the hospital, the doctor said I was close to giving birth and asked me to be admitted for observation. In the afternoon, the contractions started coming in waves. At first, they were every half an hour, then every 20 minutes, and finally, they became so intense that I couldn’t bear it anymore and called the doctor for a check-up. The doctor said the cervix wasn’t fully dilated yet and told me to wait. It’s truly unbearable.What kind of help do I need: How can I promote cervical dilation after experiencing bleeding?
Doctor's answer:
After seeing red, you can drink more honey water, walk more, climb stairs more, do more squatting exercises, and it's best not to sit. Less bed rest can help the cervix open faster. When I was in labor, I kept lying in bed due to contractions, but by half the morning, my cervix had only dilated two fingers. In the afternoon, my mother-in-law came to support me and insisted that I walk. With two people helping, after less than an hour of walking, my cervix dilated to five fingers, and I was directly taken to the delivery room to await labor. The doctor broke the amniotic sac, and the cervix opened rapidly. An hour later, the baby was born. Walking shortens the interval between contractions, which means the cervix is opening. You have to persevere.