Labor & Delivery

The labour and delivery services at Yogana Hospital provide compassionate care for both high-risk and low-risk pregnancies. 

The well-being of expectant mother and their baby is our highest priority. With the latest equipment and practices, our multidisciplinary team strives to ensure the best and safest childbirth experience for our expectant mothers.   

Labour and delivery is an exciting and stressful journey. Yogana Hospital has set the benchmark in converting stress into warmth and celebration. We believe in a transparent treatment. We keep our patients and their families updated with the treatment and procedure progress. 

What to Expect

Yogana Hospital and Birthing Center is one of the most sought-after facilities by families in and around Chennai to deliver the baby. At Yogana Hospital, our highly skilled healthcare professionals are committed to offering the services right from prenatal care to postpartum and newborn care. 

Types of Delivery Methods

When it comes to delivery methods, it’s always hard to predict what will happen during labour and delivery. Hence, knowing the types of delivery methods is a good thing. Our labour and delivery specialists support all deliveries, including complicated pregnancies.

• Vaginal delivery (Normal delivery)
• Instrumental delivery (forceps or vacuum)
• Cesarean delivery

Stages of Labour

• Vaginal Delivery

Labour is a chain of continuous contractions of the uterus that help the cervix dilate or open and efface or thin. This dilation lets the fetus move towards the birth canal. There are three stages of labour in delivery. They are cervical effacement, pushing and childbirth, and delivery of the placenta.

• Instrumental Delivery

The stages of labour in instrumental delivery is the same as the vaginal delivery. Nevertheless, the assistance of forceps or a vacuum extractor is used to pull the baby out of the uterus.

• Cesarean Delivery

Cesarean delivery is the surgical procedure used to bring the baby out of the mother’s uterus by making an incision in the mother’s abdomen. Spinal or epidural anaesthesia is used to perform the procedure.

Managing Labour Pain

Pain during labour varies from person to person. However, experts at Yogana Hospital help expectant mothers with various pain management techniques including medicated and non-medicated methods.

• Medicated pain management

o   Epidural anaesthesia

o   Spinal anaesthesia

• Non-medicated pain management

o   Breathing techniques

o   Hypnobirthing

o   Meditation

o   Massage therapy

o   Positioning and movement

o   Hot or cold therapy

o   Relaxation methods

Doulas

Doulas are well-trained professionals who provide emotional support to expectant mothers throughout the delivery and postpartum. Doulas are not medical professionals, yet they offer physical and emotional support to expectant mothers. We, at Yogana Hospital have qualified doulas who strive to ensure our patient’s birthing experience is memorable.

Mother-Baby Bonding

Our maternity specialists help mothers and their partners to bond with the newborn right after birth through:

• Delayed umbilical cord clamping

The delayed umbilical cord clamping lets the blood from the placenta continue flowing to the baby. This increases the iron level in the newborn for up to six months.

• Kangaroo Care

Kangaroo care is the approach where the newborn is naked and placed in the bare chest of the new parents. This allows the child to calm down and feel secure.

• Breastfeeding

Our labour and delivery experts help new mothers with the right position to latch and bond with the baby.

Postpartum Care

Our highly skilled healthcare professionals help and educate new mothers on how to care for sore breasts and vagina, perineum, and vaginal discharge. We also help our patients to manage mood swings and other emotional instability after labour and delivery.