If you’re wondering how that’s going to get out of there – it’s time to help your body prepare the experience with perineal massages
massage oil onto your fingers and apply to the outside of the perineum.
Apply more oil to the outside of the perineum if required. The perineum will possibly feel tight when you first start, but in time you will begin to feel a change and remember this should not hurt. Whether you or your partner is doing the massage, avoid the urethral area because of potential infection.The first few times you do the massage it will feel tight but – just like with any form or stretching – you should start to notice an increase in flexibility after about a week.Try practising your relaxation and breathing techniques at the same time to help your labour go as smoothly – and painlessly – as possible.
But in the panic of realising that you’re in labour, you might decide to rush to the hospital sooner instead. In reality, there is usually so much water in there, that when your waters break, it could just keep coming out non-stop until the baby is out. “I thought it was just one gush of water and then it’s done,” one mum tells us.
“I had contractions with no real pattern for two days and then, all of a sudden, they came every two minutes with no warning! Got to the hospital at 7cm dilated. If I’d have known I didn’t have to wait for the ‘3 in 10’ I would have gone in a lot sooner.”
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