Upon arriving at the hospital until recently it was common for all pregnant women to prepare a venous line with serum infusion to which various medications were added. However, the SEGO (Spanish Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics) points out that today there are no data to assess the effectiveness of having a intravenously during the delivery.
The SEGO considers it advisable to have a heparinized route In case there is any complication. Currently, heparin is not always used in these dry ways, there are other methods that keep it uncoagulated. However, if the woman wants a non-intervened delivery and there is no risk of bleeding, it is not necessary to channel the route.
The reason for the venous route has been to keep the woman hydrated since she was not allowed to drink fluids and be able to act immediately in case of bleeding because in those cases the veins can collapse and it is more difficult to make a rapid infusion. The route should be opened whenever it is necessary to instill antibiotics or other medication, and when epidural anesthesia is to be included as its use increases the risk of hypotension in the mother.
In summary, if we do not want it and it is not medically necessary in a justified way we can not having the drip onThat said we can include in our Delivery Plan our option, if we accept venous, heparinized or physiological or if we do not want it to be opened if there is no need.
