Woman centered Labour care

As a pregnant mother you must appreciate that pregnancy is not a disease ,so the care that we give you should also not be like a disease .We are not really treating you for a problem but we are monitoring you to see that you dont develop a problem or even if you do we try to decrease the severity of the compilcation.Another remarkable feature of labour care is that it may last for hours together and plan of care may change over minutes and seconds whereas the treatment of most diseases is usually not so variable over such a short period of time .Therefore do not approach labour with too much planning and calculation Labour is best left the way it is ---natural.So many people ask me ---so Doctor when will it Happen? No doctor can predict a natural event.We can only tellyou that the chances of natural labour happening are maximum from 2 weeks before your due date to one week after your due date.
You must also realise that the beginning of labour is usually a slow and gradual process and some changes are happening in your body for weeks before the actual start of labour.Therefore there is nothing to panic when labour starts.You may get regular crampy abdominal pain the frequency of which will go on increasing and the interval will go on decreasing.You may also have excessive vaginal discharge  and watery discharge .On reaching the hospital the doctor will do a gentle pervaginal examination to confirm whether  you are in labour .Even after you are in established labour you may take 6 to 8 hours to deliver.This is the first stage of labour when it is very important to relax,walk around,have hot/cold baths,listen to music and to have a good labour support partner