Delivery care

Obstetric violence has been, and continues to be, a type of silent violence for a long time, but the UN itself has taken a big step by acknowledging its existence a couple of years ago. She argues that many women experience "disrespectful, offensive or negligent treatment during childbirth," and that assuming it exists is necessary to take action and eliminate it.

More and more pregnant women, when giving birth, opt for hospitals that guarantee a respected and humane delivery, as they are aware of the importance that this experience will have forever in their lives. And fortunately, there are also more and more professionals and hospitals aware of this reality.

The state of pandemic by Covid-19 declared by the WHO, together with the state of alarm decreed by the government of Spain, means that we are living an exceptional situation. This experience can create a feeling of uncertainty, worry, and sometimes fear. And all these feelings increase in pregnant women and for that reason, doctors Llanos Gómez and Sara Cholvi, Gynecologists of the Obstetrics and Gynecology service of the Hospital de Manises explain to us how they are caring for pregnant women in their hospital. In turn, they want to convey to you that you are not alone, and that they are going to accompany you on this beautiful path of bringing a new life to the world.

What is the need to clean, give vaccinations or measure the baby right after birth? There will be time for these routine practices if the delivery has been without complications, because of course the first hour of life is sacred for the baby and the mother. Nothing is more important than that moment of early skin-to-skin contact between the two.

One of the most controversial maneuvers performed during childbirth is what is known as the Kristeller maneuver, which is one in which pressure is exerted on the mother's abdomen (the fundus of the uterus) to get the baby to come out, or as minimum reaches the coronation, that is, the head pops out.