Iinzuzo zokuZalwa ngaManzi

nguPatricia Hughes 

Ukuzalwa kwamanzi akuyonto intsha. Amabhinqa ukutyhubela imbali aye azalela emanzini. Ekufikeni konyango lwale mihla, olu qheliselo lwaqalisa ukuxhaphaka. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, ukuzalwa kwamanzi kuhlaziywa njengoko abafazi abaninzi bekhetha le ndlela yokubeleka. Zininzi izibonelelo zokubelekela emanzini.

 

Ukuphumla okungcono: Amanzi anceda ekuphumleni. Kukho isizathu sokuba abafazi abaninzi banandipha ixesha elide, elipholileyo lokucwina kwi-tub emva kosuku olude. Njengoko uphumla kubushushu bamanzi, iinkxalabo zakho zibonakala zinyibilika. Ukuphumla kubaluleke kakhulu ngexesha lomsebenzi. Xa umama exinezelekile, uxinezeleko lunokuyithothisa inkqubela yokubeleka. Ukuphumla ngokusebenzisa ukufinyela kusebenza ngakumbi.

Ukukhululeka: Abasetyhini baxela ukuba intlungu iyancipha kakhulu xa besebenza kwaye behambisa emanzini. Abanye oomama abanamava banikela ingxelo yokuba amanzi ayephantse asebenza njengeyeza lokuthomalalisa iintlungu okanye i-epidural. Amanzi asebenza ngokuthintela iintlungu kwimithambo-luvo yomzimba. Amanzi yenye indlela esebenzayo kumayeza eentlungu kubasetyhini abafuna ukuzala simahla.

Ukuncitshiswa koxinzelelo lwesisu: Uninzi lweentlungu zokubeleka zibangelwa ukwanda koxinzelelo kwisisu. Njengoko usana luhamba kwi-pelvis, olu xinzelelo luyanda. I-buoyancy yendalo eyenzekayo emanzini inceda ukukhulula olu xinzelelo. Oku kubangela imisipha ekhululekile kunye neentlungu ezincinci.

Ukubandakanyeka okukhulu kweqabane, iqabane okanye umqeqeshi: Umyeni okanye iqabane lihlala liziva lityhalelwe ecaleni ngexesha lokubeleka kunye nokuzala. Abongikazi, oogqirha, i-doulas kunye nabanye abasebenzi babonakala bethatha indawo. Oku akwenzeki ngokuzalwa kwamanzi. Umama osebenzayo uthembele kwiqabane lakhe ukuze athuthuzele kwaye agxininise. Ngokufuthi indoda ingena emanzini emva komfazi wayo ukuze inikele inkxaso nokhuthazo.

Utshintsho olulula kumntwana:  Usana lwakho luhleli kwindawo ehlala emanzini kwiinyanga ezilithoba ezidlulileyo. Ngexesha lokuzalwa, ushiya induduzo yesibeleko kumoya obandayo wegumbi lokubeleka. Xa umntwana ezalwa emanzini, utshintsho lulula kuye. Kunokuba abethe umoya obandayo, uzalelwa kwihlabathi eliqhelekileyo, elifudumeleyo nelimanzi. Emva kokuzalwa, umntwana akakhutshelwa etafileni yovavanyo olubandayo, kodwa avunyelwe ukuba afunwe ngumama wakhe aze ancanciswe. Lo ngumnyango onoxolo ngakumbi womntwana kunye nexesha elikhethekileyo losapho olutsha.

 

Kungekudala kakhulu kwakuphantse kube nzima ukuba uzalelwe esibhedlele. Ekuphela kwendlela yokuba nolu hlobo lwamava okubeleka yayikumbelekisi mhlawumbi kwiziko lokubelekela okanye ekuzaleni ekhaya. Inani elikhulayo lezibhedlele zibonelela ngokuzalwa kwamanzi, njengoko uluntu lwezonyango luqonda ngakumbi ngeenzuzo kunye noomama abakhulelweyo bavakalisa izimvo zabo.

 

Ukuba ufuna ukuzalwa kwamanzi, umboneleli wezempilo oyikhethayo uya kubaluleka. Xa udliwano-ndlebe noogqirha kunye nababelekisi babuza imibuzo malunga neemvakalelo zabo malunga nokuzala emanzini. Ukuba ugqirha akabelekeli emanzini okanye isibhedlele asinazo izixhobo eziyimfuneko, unokufuna ukukhangela omnye umboneleli wezempilo.

Biography
UPatricia Hughes ngumbhali ozimeleyo kunye nomama wabantwana abane. UPatricia uneSidanga seBachelor kwiMfundo yamabanga aphantsi asuka kwiYunivesithi yaseFlorida Atlantic. Ubhale kakhulu ngokukhulelwa, ukuzala, ukukhulisa abantwana kunye nokuncancisa. Ukongeza, ubhale malunga nokuhonjiswa kwekhaya kunye nokuhamba.