Easy delivery

Today with the advances in medical technology and better understanding of gynaecological factors, childbirth, is certainly not as worrying and difficult as it once used to be.Even so there are times, specially in cases of late pregnancies, pregnancies after age 30 which, in these days of career counscous women are getting to be not uncommon when mothers and their gynecologists go through worrying times before and during childbirth,. First pregnancancies after age of 30/32 can be risky for both mother and the child, the main fear being prolonged and difficult labour.
Homoeopathy, however, has medicines which if taken during pregnancy and during confinement can make for easier, more satisfactory deliveries in terms of both the mental and the physical problems that often accompany and labour. These can be used even in case of an emergency.
Caullophylim one of these medicines is Caullophylim, it has the effect of regulating the process of labour and has been used by Homoeopaths with great success.
I had an elderly patient who was pregnant for the first time. She was warned by her physician of the dangers of a late pregnancy and the possible need for a Caesarean operation. I started giving her Caullophylim 30 c potency thrice a day, from the 7 th month of pregnancy. And the 9 th month I changed it to 200 c potency three times daily. I also advised her to take it half hourly when she developed labour pains. During her confinement the attending obstetrician, a well known in the city, said that everything was going well. but that she anticipated a long and difficult labour. The obstetrician left to go home because, as she said there was still plenty of time. To her utter surprise, she was summoned to the hospital the moment she reached home. She got to the hospital just in time to see a normal, healthy child delivered with absolutely no trouble.
The mother was saved a lot of pain, forceps, Caesarean section and hours of labour together with the possible danger to the child.
Caullophylim was, in fact, first used by North American Indians they called it SQUAW ROOT for preventing tedious and painful labour and miscarriages.
Indications
The most important for the use of Caullophylim are.
When there is extreme utrine atony,
When the pains are very severe yet there is apparently no expulsive effort.
It is often indicated for nervous women whose pain tolerance is very low. The pains are spasmodic and fly from place to place , now in the groin now in in the abdomen and next in the chest, but not in the direction of the normal pains.Or when the contractions of the uterus are too feeble to expel the contents.
When to give Caullophylim
This question requires the skill of a good dr. Experience has taught me the following.
If a woman is pregnant for the first time, then start it in 30 c potency five pills twice or thrice a day, from 7 th month onwards.
Second pregnancy onwards Caullophylim 30 potency should be given only at the end of 8 th month onwards.
If there is of prolonged and complicated labour from the previous deliveries, or there is any illness or physical problems, then it should be treated only by experienced Homoeopath .
Viburnum opulus This is a specific medicine for false labour pains. It is useful when a pregnant woman complaints of cramping the abdomen and legs. It prevents threatened premature labour or miscarriage and spasmodic uterine pains. It should be taken under doctor's guidance.
Cimcifuga rac.This medicine is indicated when,.
The patient suffers from irregular pains, a pain comes on , seems to be proceeding satisfactorily, when all at once she screams out and grasps her hip. The Pain leave the uterus and goes to the hip, causing cramps.
There is great fear of death with anguish and restlessness.
The mind is full of imaginations and the body full of uneasiness ( dr kent)
Arnica Montana And finally, after the labour is completed, never forget this remedy. During labour the body goes through intense physical trauma specially the muscles of the uterus. If the patient is imminent given Arnica 200 , five pills every two hours a few days after labour, then the Pain and stiffness of muscles and post labour complications can be minimised.
Hypericum Nowadays to facilitate normal delivery and to prevent muscles tear an incision is made at the outer wall of the vagina . This process is called episiotomy. Episiotomy widens the vaginal passage for the baby. After the delivery this incised area is stitched to normalise the passage. And these stitches can be quite painful. Hypericum 200 c potency 5 pills five six times a day in alternate with Arnica,200 will greatly relieve the pain and cure the stitches.
Local application
Calendula mother tincis the most effective antiseptic which, when applied locally, will make the area aseptic and promote healthy granulation tissue to heal fast.
The calendula mother tincture should be mixed in the proportion of one part to ten parts of distilled water before applying.
Kali phos From the time a woman becomes pregnant she goes through emotional changes and some degree of mental anxiety. During labour or at the end of labour or the end of labour, it is very important to relax her mentally. Kali phos 6 x , five pills three times daily acts as good as nerve tonic.