Isikhathi somsebenzi sokubeletha kokuqala singadlula emahoreni angu-7 noma ngaphezulu, ngakho-ke, lungela "i-marathon".
I-cervix iqala kancane kancane, ikhanda "lilungiswe" emgodini oswini lwe-pelvic - lokhu akuyona inqubo esheshayo. Ngesikhathi sokusebenza, uma owesifazane engaphazanyiswa ngaphandle, ngokuyinhloko ufuna ukuxhuma emhlabeni, ukuvala amehlo akhe, ukuthungatha ngokuthula, Futhi ukuthi akekho othintekayo, akumangalisi, ngoba ukubeletha kuyindlela enesisindo, e-archaic, elawulwa hhayi yi-cortex yobuchopho, kodwa "yizilwane" ezijulile zezifunda zayo. Ukuze kutholakale ukulethwa okuphumelelayo, kudingeka i-hormone oxytocin, eyakhiwe ngokugcwele endaweni ekhululekile.
Namuhla, abesifazane abaningana basebenzisa ngokuzithandela i-anesthesia ye-epidural (lokhu kungumjovo we-anesthetic emgodleni, ngenxa yokuthi awuzwa lutho ngaphansi kwebhande). Abasekeli be-anesthesia bachaza ukuthi bazama ukukhulisa ukukhululeka, lo wesifazane uyakwazi ukugwema ukucindezeleka okungadingekile nobuhlungu obunzima. Kodwa abaphikisanayo bathi ukuphazanyiswa kwinqubo yemvelo kunomthelela omubi ekuzalweni kokubeletha kanye nokwakhiwa kwesimiso somama. I-anesthesia ivimbela umzimba womama ukuthi angaphenduli "izicelo," ezivimbela ukuvulwa komlomo wesibeletho, iyakwazi ukuphazamisa imizamo ngesikhathi esifanele. I-anesthesia ivame ukuholela ekusebenziseni isigqi-ukuvuselela izidakamizwa ukusiza ingane ukuba ifike emhlabeni ngaphandle kwezinkinga.
Ngemuva kokuba umlomo wesibeletho uvule ngokugcwele, futhi ikhanda lomntwana selithathe isikhundla nesimo esifanele sokulethwa kwemvelo, isikhathi sokuzama imizamo siqala. Kodwa qaphela iphuzu elibaluleke kakhulu: ngoba ukuqala kwemizamo kokubili izimo kuyadingeka, ukudalulwa okugcwele kwentamo akuwanele. Lapho umzimba womama uzizwa ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuba ingane ifike emhlabeni, imizamo iyakucabangela, akudingekile ukuba ucindezeleke ngokuqinile. Ngaphambi kwemizamo, ukulwa kwezimali kuphelelwe isikhathi, ngezinye izikhathi owesifazane obelethayo unokukholelwa ukuthi inqubo yokubeletha igxilile. Eqinisweni, lokhu kuyaqondakala: umama unikezwa ukuphumula okuncane ngaphambi kwesigaba sokusebenza somsebenzi. Khona-ke uzizwa eshesha ngamandla, "uvula umoya wesibili." Ukuxoshwa emhlabeni kusukela kungakaze kwenzeke, umama ufuna ukuthatha isikhundla esiqondile, athathe okuthile: lokhu kungenxa yokuthi okwamanje umzimba uveza inani elikhulu le-adrenaline edingekayo ukuze kube namandla izenzo.