LABOUR:

LABOUR:

Labor is the process of delivering a baby and the placenta, membranes, and umbilical cord from the uterus to the vagina to the outside world. 

CAUSES OF  LABOUR 

IN FULL TERM PREGNANCY :

1 ) Mother’s Pituitary : Secretes Oxytocin when the baby is fully developed and ready to be born.

 Oxytocin is the hormone that stimulates contractions, prepare the cervix for labor. The more mobile the cervix gets, the more the vagina widens, and labor starts.

2)The Baby's Lungs Signal :

Fetal lungs provide the signal to initiate labor. 

When the fetal lungs have reached full maturation, they produce a certain type of protein. These protein in turn sends a wave of  prostaglandins through the mother's body and starts labor. 

3) Baby's Adrenal Glands :

These gland signal Labor.

Maturation of baby's adrenal glands might trigger labor.

However, until weeks 38 to 40 baby's adrenal glands are engaged in what's called the HPA Axis . Fully developed HPA Axis, the fetal adrenal glands secrete the hormone cortisol. The release of cortisol in utero causes a hormonal disturbance of progesterone and estrogen, and labor begins.

***CAUSES OF ONSET OF LABOUR IN FULL TERM PREGNANCY,

ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA:***

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1) नाडी़- निबन्ध-मुक्ति-  : detachment of fetus from mother for nutrition through umbilical cord.

2)  स्वभाव (Unknown cause)

3) गर्भ -वास-वैराग्य-Development of indifference by fetus from its intrauterine stay.

4) गर्भ संपूर्णता-Full maturity of the fetus.

5) काल प्रकर्ष-Appropriate ,specific time.