Nausea during the contractions

During pregnancy, not only the woman’s body changes. During pregnancy, the unborn child must also be moved from the mother’s abdomen into the pelvis, so that a birth without complications is possible. In order to make this possible, the woman experiences descending labor pains from the 36th week of pregnancy onwards.

These can be very uncomfortable for some women. Some women suffer from severe pain, others hardly feel anything at all. Some expectant mothers experience nausea during the slump contractions, which can sometimes last longer.

Rarely can the nausea be a harbinger for the subsequent down pains. Unfortunately, not much can be done about the nausea during down pains, as they are caused by the pressure on the gastrointestinal tract, which cannot be avoided during labour. Nevertheless, the woman can try to minimize the nausea by breathing exercises.

In addition, a relaxing bath can help to calm the muscles and thus also reduce nausea. Medication against nausea should only be taken during pregnancy in urgent cases and always in consultation with a gynecologist (gynecologist). Some women experience an improvement in nausea after the delayed labor pains, as the baby slips from the abdomen into the pelvis and the stomach (gastrectum) is no longer constricted by the baby.

The nausea usually gets better as soon as the child is lying in the correct position in the pelvis. In general, nausea and diarrhea (diarrhoea) are often a harbinger of the impending birth. So if the contractions occur more often and more intensively than usual, it is also possible that it is not nausea in descending contractions but real contractions that indicate the impending birth.

Cardiotocography (CTG) is used to detect the heartbeat of the unborn child and to record the activity of the mother in labor. With the help of the CTG it is possible to differentiate between low-rise contractions and real contractions. This is particularly important when the cervix has already opened slightly and it is difficult to distinguish between real contractions and downhill contractions.

In addition, the frequency and length of prolapsed labor can be detected by CTG. Especially in women who have already given birth to several children, it is possible that the sink pains are hardly painful. The CTG helps to determine whether the expectant mother is still in active labour.

Nevertheless, the CTG is very differently sensitive in different women. In slim women, the CTG shows more frequent and more pronounced rashes in the lower labour pains. This is due to the fact that, because of the low body fat, the activities of the child and the abdominal girth of the belly are perceived much more strongly. In very strong women, on the other hand, the fatty tissue causes a strongly restricted signal perception, which is why light low back contractions are difficult to detect or are even completely absent.