Metodos De Nacimiento

Methods of Childbirth
Vaginal delivery is the most common and safest type of childbirth. When necessary in certain circumstances, forceps (instruments resembling large spoons) may be used to cupyour baby's head and help guide the baby through the birth canal. Vacuum delivery is another way to assist delivery and is similar to forceps delivery. In vacuum delivery, a plastic cup is applied to thebaby's head by suction and the health care provider gently pulls the baby from the birth canal.
Although vaginal delivery is the most common and safest type of delivery, sometimes cesarean deliveryis necessary for the safety of you and your baby.
A cesarean delivery may be necessary if one of the following complications is present:
* Your baby is not in the head-down position.
* Yourbaby is too large to pass through the pelvis.
* Your baby is in distress.
Most often, the need for a cesarean delivery is not determined until after labor begins. Once a woman has had a cesareandelivery, future deliveries are often also done by cesarean. That's because surgery done on the uterus increases the risk of it rupturing during a future vaginal delivery.
Signs of Labor
No one canpredict with certainty when labor will begin. The due date your doctor gives you is merely a point of reference. It is normal for labor to start as early as three weeks before that date or as late astwo weeks after it. The following are signs that labor is probably not far away:
Lightening. This occurs when your baby's head drops down into your pelvis in preparation for delivery. Your belly maylook lower and you may find it easier to breathe as your baby no longer crowds your lungs. You may also feel an increased need to urinate because your baby is pressing on your bladder. This can occur afew weeks to a few hours from the onset of labor.
Bloody show. A blood-tinged or brownish discharge from your cervix is the released mucus plug that has sealed off the womb from infection. This...