Regarding motherhood and natural processes there are still many myths that should be banished for the sake of the new generations, since believing in them is laying a stone so that they really end up happening.
One of those myths is the one that says that the problems that a woman had in her pregnancies, births or lactations, the daughters inherit. Thus, it is said that "As I had problems giving birth, you probably have them too," "As they told me that I have a narrow hip, you also have it" or "Since I did not have enough milk, it is likely that you don't have either. "
And so the belief is fed that women do not have much to do, or much to fight for, because they think that failure is destined to have been born in a family of women with very long births or a family of women who produce little milk and that they can barely breastfeed for this reason.
It is not true that a bad birth is inherited
The truth is that no two births are the same. The same woman can have two very different births and that the first is problematic does not mean that the second should be too. Of course, if there is any problematic condition or malformation it will affect the second delivery, but under normal conditions, there are first deliveries that end in caesarean section and second deliveries that are normal deliveries (the known Vaginal Birth After Cesarean or PVDC).
In fact, it can be said that a woman can have a very different birth depending on the place where she is going to give birth, depending on the professionals who attend her and according to her pre-delivery preparation, or the support she receives from the couple , among many other factors.
The same birth can be very different depending on the care
We know that the couple's role affects childbirth so that, the more it is involved during pregnancy, greater is the probability of normal vaginal delivery. We know that the role of professionals is decisive, because when there is confidence in them and they adopt an observer role (intervening only in case it is considered necessary), childbirth passes with fewer problems and less need to intervene. And we know that the more prepared women are, the more mentalized to have a good birth, greater is the probability that it will really happen, because in a way they embrace the pain, they accept the contractions as gusts or as waves that bring their baby closer to the world, avoiding the fight against contractions, they are not afraid of them, they do not defend themselves, which would make everything more difficult.
So, as we say, The same birth can be very different depending on the preparation and the care. It is clear, then, that the fact that a woman has a bad birth is not indicative that her daughter, when she has to give birth, will have it too.
What if you have a narrow hip?
Having a narrow pelvis is a consequence of improper body development. They are very specific cases and in most cases it is due to poor nutrition in childhood, frequent diseases or that affect growth, pelvic lesions or rickets.
It is very common for many women to be told that they have cephalopelvic disproportion, which is a way of saying that the baby the woman is pregnant cannot leave the birth canal. As we say, in some cases it could be true if the woman has had a problem in development, however it is not as usual as you might think, because when assessing the ability of a pelvis to open in a delivery you must have that has the ability to expand.
The pelvis is not a unique structure, it is made up of several bones joined together by ligaments that are very elastic in childbirth by the action of the hormone relaxin (the same that causes the feet to change in size in pregnancy). This means that when the baby descends, the pelvis changes its shape to open and give way. For this to happen, of course, the woman I should not lie, because then the ability of the pelvis to open, as well as the ability of the sacrum to move backwards, will be greatly limited. A position of hands knees, with the body very forward (very flexed), for example, makes the pelvis open a lot.
It is not true that breastfeeding problems are inherited
The breastfeeding problems are also personal and not transferable. Again, there are many women who have serious breastfeeding problems with a first child, who believe they are not able to produce enough milk, and then with a second baby they see how everything goes perfectly.
When it seems that the child is left hungry, what is considered as low production or "not having milk", has many factors that cause it: a problematic delivery with significant bleeding, that the woman has hypothyroidism, that the baby's grip on chest is inappropriate and as such the stimulus is not effective, that ... and these factors are unique to each person.
So you cannot say that there are families of women who are little producers of breast milk, because its not true. Ideally, think of each breastfeeding as a unique event, which starts from scratch and can go well from the first moment, which is normal and usual. In case of failure, in case of problems, the same should be considered, that it is a single breastfeeding and that the chances of finding solutions are the same as those of other women, or that at least they are not affected by Family history.
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