Anesthesia: Pregnant women experience "painless delivery" when giving birth at Vinmec Phu Quoc

Posted by Doctor CKII Pham Thieu Trung, Anesthesiologist, General Surgery Department - Vinmec Phu Quoc International General Hospital

Pain due to episiotomy during childbirth is often an obsession of pregnant women. In order to help pregnant women go through labor in the most gentle way, Vinmec Phu Quoc Hospital applies the technique of neuro-anesthesia - a new method that brings the experience of "painless birth", safe mother - healthy baby.

Pain during childbirth and after giving birth is the obsession and fear of pregnant women giving birth naturally, so there is a saying "the skin tearing the flesh to give birth".
Most mothers giving birth for the first time are usually prescribed an episiotomy so that the fetus comes out easily, without traumatizing the fetus's head, affecting the baby's intelligence later and if not cutting the episiotomy also can cause complicated tears such as: tearing the perineum, anal sphincter, the muscles of the perineum... for the mother.
How can mothers after cutting or tearing the perineum reduce pain and be able to walk, breastfeed, and go to the toilet easily is always a question that worries and worries mothers.
The technique of neuro-anesthesia performed at Vinmec Phu Quoc International General Hospital is a new anesthetic method to help pregnant women overcome the pain of episiotomy and postpartum in a gentle and safe way. .

In order to help pregnant women avoid acute pain after childbirth, anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists can now perform neuraxial anesthesia. This is an injection of local anesthetic into the pudendal nerve, performed routinely under the guidance of ultrasound and neuromuscular stimulators.
The drug is injected under ultrasound guidance, the doctors can clearly see the nerves and the injection site, so it is very safe. Thanks to that, mothers can easily move, take care of their children and no longer have pain when going to the toilet, mothers can rest assured.

This anesthetic injection not only provides immediate pain relief, but also prevents perineal pain after leaving the delivery room. Pregnant women can easily sit up, walk, go to the toilet and do personal activities without pain.

The pudendal nerve is a nerve that travels from the pelvic region to the anal region, external genitalia, and perineum (perineal area) between the external genitalia and anus. The pudendal nerve also controls certain muscles of the anus and bladder, giving branches to the muscles of the perineum, the anal sphincter, and the scrotum, the penis (in men), the vagina, the vulva, and the vagina. animals (in females).

Function of the pudendal nerve: The pudendal nerve is one of the main nerves in the pelvis that helps support other areas such as:
The lower buttocks. The area between the buttocks and the genitals. The area around the rectum. Women: areas of the vulva, vagina and clitoris. Male: area in the scrotum and penis. Anesthesia of the pudendal nerve - a solution to help relieve pain during childbirth is routinely performed at Vinmec Phu Quoc International General Hospital.