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Know the Difference Between Natural Birth and Cesarean Surgery
Delhi High Court allows a woman to terminate her 28-week pregnancy on medical grounds | Image for representation | Credit: Reuters
As celebrities like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Anita Hassanandani prepare to welcome their babies, let us take a look at the two methods of childbirth that are most common.
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Natural birth:
Childbirth without any medication is known as natural birth. In this process, the mother is not given any pain medication during labor. However, there can be a use of other medical interventions, such as fetal heart monitoring. Or it can also mean having zero medical intervention in the process. Sometimes a baby can get stuck in the vaginal canal or the mother can get exhausted during a long delivery, so a vacuum extraction method is used to assist the delivery of these babies. Without any pain medication, mothers rely on relaxation techniques like controlled breathing to help relieve the pain. Use of pain medication can affect labor, such as speeding it up or slowing it down. It can also affect the mother with lowering blood pressure or causing nausea.