Discussion
weight gain
PRETERM BIRTH, EVENT
Findings from our study suggested that breathing patterns when done regularly during the antenatal period as well as the active phase of labour had a positive impact on outcomes of labour. Excessive interventions at the time of labour were minimized preserving autonomy and ultimately enabling women to attain self-control. The biological characteristics in the study such as age and period of gestation were consistent with the findings of the earlier reports.
The benefits of control over maternal weight gain during pregnancy seen in our study supports the findings of study by Narendran S,
The most convincing reason to let labour begin on its own is the activation and stimulation of hormones like oxytocin, endorphins, catecholamines, and prolactin which regulate labour and birth.
Breathing exercises during pregnancy revealed various beneficial effects like reduction in preterm birth, longer gestational age, increase in birth weight, reduction in the rate of caesarean birth and assisted vaginal birth.
Labour is a multidimensional physiological event that involves the balance of hormonal factors.
