Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 1043 Location: Ohio, USA
Whats Your Opinion On Water Birth?? Posted: 01-23-06 09:35am
Has anyone ever had a water birth or is
planning to?? Im not pregnant now but I
am trying and I have always thought this
sounded really cool. The thing that
scares me is its an all natural method
from what I understand and you dont have
any pain medication.
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impatientlywaiting
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 65
Posted: 01-23-06 16:29pm
I always thought it sounded cool too, but
I was at the doctor's office a couple
weeks ago for my first appointment and was
reading a magazine that said with water
births there was more risk of respiratory
infection and a couple other things (sorry
can't remember now). Basically, it
sounded like it was best to stick with
giving birth on dry land.
Hope this helps. Wish I could remember
exactly what pregnancy magazine I was
reading (i looked through about five while
waiting)!
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Butterfly_05
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 72 Location: Ohio
Posted: 01-23-06 17:03pm
I heard that it was easier to give birth
in water because the warmth of the water
takes away some of the pain and helps you
to relax more. I also heard that there
was a risk of infection too. When a baby
is born in the delivery room and the head
pops out the doctor suck all of the stuff
out of the babies mouth and nose and then
the proceed with the birth trying not to
let any of the amiotic fluid enter back
into the infance mouth. This can cause
them to get sick. So in a water birth it
is harder for the doctor or midwife to get
directily to the baby before all of that
stuff happens. I hope this helps a
little bit.
