Born in a shirt and survive

"Born in a shirt" - not just lucky and happy people have heard such a phrase sent to him.

Where did this expression come from?does it mean? Let's see. To be born in a shirt means to be born in an unexploded, whole amniotic membrane. She covers the newborn like a shirt. This usually makes childbirth difficult: the baby may suffocate. In the old days, with the almost complete absence of medicine, it is already happiness to survive in such childbirth. So there was a belief that being born in a shirt means being happy all your life. Sometimes a newborn is born not in a shirt, but in a so-called cap, when only its head is covered with a shell. Such children were attributed to the ability to clairvoyance, witchcraft, and other mystical features.

Is being born in a shirt good or bad?

At the beginning of the last century it was fatal.Babies born in the amniotic sac often suffocated or died from the effects of amniotic fluid. Today such a danger practically does not exist. Modern medicine has invented a method (amniotomy) that allows the baby to leave its protective intrauterine membrane in time. Those who were born today in a shirt are getting smaller.

Why is this happening?

Some women have insufficientthe amount of amniotic fluid or too dense and elastic amniotic bubble. This may be due to genetics, medicinal effects or certain diseases. In this case, even if the cervix is ​​fully expanded to release the newborn, the bladder does not burst (as in normal delivery). He remains whole. It is in this case that doctors use amniotomy, or artificial puncture of the bladder. The word "amniotomy" consists of two: "shell" + "dissection." The operation is performed on almost every woman who gives birth according to plan. The doctor takes a special hook and punctures them with the amniotic bubble so that the water in front of the baby’s head begins to flow. Those that are behind, remain in the bubble and help the newborn smoothly overcome the way out. Being born in a shirt today is almost impossible. It is worth noting that the procedure is completely painless and even imperceptible: there are no nerve endings in the fetal membrane.

Who is amniotomy?

Врачи не считают, что родиться в рубашке - great happiness, and so every woman who enters the hospital, carefully examined. Not all future mothers avoid pre-puncture of the bubble. Here are the indications for which amniotomy is required:

• Prone pregnancy If the fetus is more than 41 weeks, then the bubble shell becomes very dense. She almost does not pass oxygen and nutrients. The fruit may die.
• Long fights. They tire the woman so much that she doesn’t have enough strength for the attempts. During prolonged labor the fetus is threatened with asphyxia.
• Gestosis. This is a special pathological condition of pregnant women, which is accompanied by the appearance of very high pressure, protein in the urine, a disorder of the vascular and vegetative system, edema.
• At the time of not opening the cervix.

Those who were born in a shirt today are practically no different from other people. However, observation of doctors for such lucky ones in the first years of life is necessary.