A study and analysis on Hugo Baych point massage therapy andmusic therapy to relieve labor pain

Childbirth, also known as labour, parturition and delivery, is the completion of pregnancywhere one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery orcaesarean section. In ۲۰۱۹, there were about ۱۴۰.۱۱ million human births globally. In thedeveloped countries, most deliveries occur in hospitals, while in the developing countries mostare home births. The amount of pain felt during labor and delivery is different for everywoman. The level of pain depends on many factors, including the size and position of the baby,the woman's level of comfort with the process, and the strength of her contractions. There aretwo general ways to relieve pain during labor and delivery: using medications and using"natural" methods (no medications). Some women choose one way or another, while otherwomen rely on a combination of the two. A woman should discuss the many aspects of laborwith her health care provider well before labor begins to ensure that she understands all of theoptions, risks, and benefits of pain relief during labor and delivery before making a decision.It might also be helpful to put all the decisions in writing to clarify things for all those whomight be involved with delivering the baby. Although it is clear that natural childbirth is themost natural method, labor pain plays an important role in the preference of expectant mothersfor cesarean delivery. There is no escape from this. Birth hurts. However, you can be sure thatthe birth will not take too long and will be less painful. There are many ways to reduce pain.Experts believe that the most basic and primary exercise in reducing pain is relaxation andcontrol. Labor pain is one of the most severe pains on human beings around the world, despitethe difference of individual feelings. During the childbirth, the cervix and obstetric canal wereopened with severe uterine contractions, which made the pregnant women suffered sharp pain.The inevitable pain remarkably affects the mental and physical condition of the women. It waswidely believed that if the management of pain was not performed well during the childbirth,the tolerance threshold of parturient women will decrease promptly. Furthermore, the laborpain could not only alter the stress state of women, studies also reported that a series of plasmainflammatory cytokines were associated with labor pain. Considering the intensity, durationand individual characteristics, various degree of hypertension, and increasing of heart ratecould probably serve a negative role in women’s health, even affecting the maternal and infantrelationship [۴]. Due to the enormous pressure caused by childbirth on parturient women, amore effective non-invasive nursing method for reducing labor pain was thus urgently needed.The present clinical trial was conducted to compare the effects of massage and music therapieson the severity of labor pain in the Ilam province of western Iran.