Ukuba ukhulelwe, ngokuqinisekileyo ulivile ixesha lika ukubandezeleka komntwana. Ngamazwi alula, sinokuchaza ukubandezeleka kosana olungekazalwa njengesiqhelo esenzeka xa, ngasizathu sithile, umntwana osesibelekweni engafumani oksijini kunye / okanye ukutya okwaneleyo kuphuhliso lwesiqhelo.
El ukubandezeleka komntwana Ingazibonakalisa ngeendlela ezimbini: ezibi okanye ezingapheliyo. Ubunzima benzeka xa ukungabikho kweoksijini kuveliswa ngesiquphe. Yeyona idla ngokubhaqwa ngexesha lokubeleka kunye nobukho bokuchasana umntwana angakwaziyo ukuziqhelanisa nalo. Inokubakho ngenxa yengozi kunye nentambo yomhlathana okanye utshintsho kwi-placenta. Xa kufunyaniswa ukuba umntwana uyahlupheka, kuboniswa ukukhawulezisa ukuzalwa ukuze ukuswela ioksijini kuyonakalise.
Ukubandezeleka okungapheliyo komntwana kwenzeka xa ukunqongophala kweoksijini kunye nezondlo kuhlala kancinci, kunika umntwana ixesha lokuba aqhelane nale meko. Olu hlobo lokubandezeleka aluthathelwa ingqalelo njengongxamiseko lokubambisa kodwa kunokubonisa ukuthatha ulawulo olugqithisileyo lomntwana kwaye uzame ukuguqula unobangela woku.
Ukuthintela ukubakho koxinzelelo kwimveku engekehli, kufuneka kubekwe iliso elifanelekileyo ngexesha lokukhulelwa kunye nokubeleka ukukhusela ukonakaliswa komntwana kusengaphambili.