I was so interested in
having a water birth so any amount of travel was worth it to me with the end goal of birthing in what is known as The ABC room (Alternative Birthing Center).
And we planned to
have a water birth so we had it in a tub and over home birth surprise ready and set aside for this birth.
Not exact matches
We
have no more knowledge about the
so - called rebirth, the new
birth out of
Water and Spirit which is the sacramental baptism (please consider that also Protestants believe in sacraments; I am a Lutheran).
«
So let me get this straight, you
have two - way conversations with invisible spirits, you think the earth is 10,000 years old, you believe the world was once covered in
water (about 5,000 years ago), you believe your invisible sky father came to earth in human form after a virgin
birth, then rose as a zombie, from the dead, then ascended into an invisible sky city... all because the first people on earth ate and apple before proceeding on with decades of incest... am I getting this?»
In John 2, Jesus turned
water not just into wine but into Cabernet Sauvignon of exquisite quality; the man healed in John 5
had been paralyzed for thirty - eight years; in John 9 the man given sight
had been blind from
birth; there were twelve baskets of leftovers after the feeding of the 5,000, and
so on.
Many of us adults today
have inadequate good bacteria in our digestive tract — due to various things including antibiotics, chlorine in tap
water (and in swimming pools and showers), the
birth control pill, other medications, and also not replenishing our good bacteria by regularly eating fermented foods (yogurt, kefir, sourdough, kombucha, sauerkraut, and
so on).
When you're doing an intense physical activity like giving
birth, your body needs lots of
water and food,
so I was really glad to be somewhere — home — where I didn't
have to fight any outdated protocols in order to eat and drink.
Well in my book
water birth is below the standard of care anyway
so it's always negligent, you just don't always
have injuries.
Most moms do what «sbest for their kids.And yes, there are women out there who legitimately can not bf,
so formula is a WONDERFUL choice for them.I exclusively bf both of mine, but think it's okay to ff if you don't
have enough milk.there are other situations where i think it's selfish.As for drugs during pregnancy and
birth, I
had to take 3 doses of medication while pregnant
so that I could eat.my morning sickness was
so bad I couldn't even keep
water down.I made the choice to do that
so I didn't starve my unborn child, but I only took what was neccessary to keep something down, and then
had no other drugs and plan not to until my son is done bf.And as for the «natural» baby, carcinogens are EVERYWHERE, even in your organic food.in this industrialized world you can not get away from them, and to attack other moms for their choices is a sad statement of your morality and on how your child's persoality is going to turn out.also,
having multiple kids is definately more demanding than one.
Her
water birth at the
birth center was
so incredible that I realized I
had to be a part of the
birth world for the rest of my life!
In my
birth plan, I specified he not be given a pacifier, formula or sugar
water so I could
have the best shot at breast feeding.
Now why
would you even think to put that little anecdote in your story if you weren't
so very proud of shocking some poor old guy
watering his lawn with your
birth performance?
Whether you
have visions of a cozy home
water birth, giving
birth in a
birth center free of pain meds and intervention, or a hospital
birth with the latest technology and emergency care access just in case, this is the ultimate pregnancy to postpartum training
so you can be prepared from an emotional, physical, and spiritual perspective to relax into
birth and momma - hood with excitement and ease.
In England, a
water birth has become
so common, it is considered an option for childbirth and not an alternative.
Water -
births have become very popular these days and
so has the idea of not using any drugs at all.
I stay home with my kids right now, and I homeschool, but when they are grown I will probably go back to school, and obstetrics is a field I
've considered just
so that maybe I can make a bit of a good difference, and give women the best of both worlds (like a
water birth, in a hospital with a doula or midwife with an OB on staff or back up in case something went wrong.)
You skewed my words regarding «managing» my
birth... the whole point of the midwife is to alert the mother of the possibility of a problem, just like an OB
so then a proper course of action can be taken... I was merely saying that they don't think of
birth as a medical emergency from the beginning, requiring things that are unnecessary, like constant monitoring because it's easier than intermittent monitoring, or restricting maternal intake because the doctor could get puked on, or
have fecal matter excreted during delivery is selfish (and yes, I know, the mother could aspirate, but the rate of that is low too... and I'm not saying they need to eat a steak dinner... but denying a drink of
water, or a popsicle during a long labor is just ridiculous, as is rushing a natural process for convenience sake.)
I was also classes as high risk
so wasn't allowed a
water birth as
had to be monitored.
I was
so much more «present» for this
birth than my first
water birth, which was also swift and peaceful, however, I must
have mentally escaped to «labor land» with my first.
i'm glad that you
had satisfying hospital
births and received the care you and your babies needed, but i do think that we as women should know that we
have other options besides a hospital
birth or that we can
have a
water birth or that we don't
have to lie on our backs (the worst position for birthing) as some doctors require, if that's what we
so choose.
I may
have not
so nicely snapped at her... but I got my
water birth room!
When we moved to New York in the»80s, it was impossible to find a midwife who
would take our insurance,
so I went to a doctor who worked with midwives and pioneered using the Leboyer (precursor to
water birth) in New York.
So if your goal of giving
birth in
water is to be as natural as possible, to
have less (or none) medical intervention you might want to consider giving
birth in
water at home.
So we
have the problem of attrition, lets say you try to correct for this by keeping the women in the study in the
water birth group.
: [2 - 3 days only] After completion of this period, they
would start gaining back their
birth weight (excluding
water weight) in: [3 - 4 weeks approximately]
So all together you WO N'T
have to worry about your baby's weight, for up to: [1 month after
birth.]
So this time around, she's staying at home once again,
having a
water birth — which means she'll deliver in a tub.
... we
have a high
water birth rate here, mostly because we
have this
water birth room, which is available with tons of hot
water and a big beautiful tub and
so essentially if I get them in the room, I get them in the
water, I'm listening to the baby, I shut the curtains around the tub, I turn the lights down and I just give them that hour, like 1 to 2 h of kind of privacy where I'm sneaking in to listen to the baby.
I was blessed in
having a
water birth that it was an almost bloodless experience, and I did not tear, nor did I haemorrhage,
so I did not need to use this.
Giving
birth in a pool of
water has been
so beneficial for a lot of Moms, as their body relaxed more during contractions and they were able to naturally find the position that worked for them to stay comfortable and
birth their babies in a safe and (relatively) painless way.
I personally
have done at about 350 to 400
water births myself
so I feel very experienced and qualified to answer your questions.
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He assisted me into the tub when Iris was crowning,
so I could
have my desired
water birth before she came quickly spiraling out.
I am 7 months pregnant and it is going to be my first delivery and I wanted to
have my first baby with
water birth but after reading this post I really want to
have my baby with home
birth thank you
so much.
Because giving
birth in
water requires that you not experience a reason to be removed from the
water —
so not funny fetal heart tones, no meconium, whatever the criteria were that
would make a woman leave the
water.
I will need to read the paper more closely to comment on the relationship between immersion and duration of labor; in a prior study I found that women who
had longer labors were more likely to be removed from the
water for medical reasons and
so would never be counted in the
water birth group.2
You also know how they let me
have my
water birth and how I nearly pulled the taps off because I was pushing
so much.
We should
have known that things
would have been
so over the top ridiculous, from a home
birth transfer, losing
water, no air conditioning, tongue tie, cleft palate, jaundice, hypoplasia to postpartum depression because come on, you can't name your baby «Story» and not expect one to accompany her.
There were
so many unknowns in the MANA data it wouldn't shock me if there were deaths in that data set due to
water birth.
One of the benefits of
having a natural
birth experience includes
having more control over the
birth process; things that seems
so simple when you're not operating under hospital rules stay that way: you can
have a drink of
water when you want one; the father can participate as fully as he wants to (short of actually
having the baby for you, of course).
It was okay though because I
had a plan for an all natural
water birth and
so far even though labor was long, nothing was changing my plan.
My
water broke at 18weeks, no im 27weeks and 5days and in the hospital, alot of people here are telling me differnt things about breastfeeding like «its going to be hard because your going to be a month and a half early» some say «your milk will come though within 72 hours after
birth» and
so on...
Has anyone gone though an early
birth and
had problems breastfeeding?
Its comforting to know im not the only one, I was set to be induced with my fifth child on jan 1, went to hospital at 5 am, put on pittosin at 6, dialed slowly, and
had painful contractions, Dr broke my
water at 11, contractions even more painful, got the epidural at 12, labor did not progress, was dialated 3 cm all day, @ 8 pm,, Dr took me off pittosin for an hour to see if I
would progress if we started over again, at 9 they hooked me up again, all night and just progressed to a 4, that next morning, still nothing, finally Dr said we need to do a c section, since my
water was broken earlier the previous day, he was worried about infection, finally went to operating rm, it was
so cold, I was shaking and crying, I was
so scared, btw my previous 4 children were vaginal
births, I felt
so guilty, thinking it was my fault my labor did nt progress.Finally I
had her, when the Dr held her up for me to see, I started bawling, she was perfect, it was very emotional, she weighed 6 lb 4oz and 18in, Im very proud of her, and myself
They
've spent quite some time in
water in the womb,
so their skin will take time to normalize after
birth.
«Screaming,» «
water breaking,» and «running to the hospital» are the typical answers thanks to Hollywood, as
so few of us
have actually witnessed
birth or the postpartum period (unless we are doing it ourselves).
I
had an out of hospital natural
water birth, and I am
so happy that I trusted my body to do its job rather than rely on modern medicine.
So, for example, I knew I couldn't
have a
water birth, but I wanted to labor in
water.
Make sure you drink
water from clean sources, like spring
water, (
so to avoid pharmaceuticals, like
birth control, which
has the estrogen EE2 that isn't being filtered out and we are constantly dosed with), and of course soy, particularly soy protein, as well as avoiding foods in plastics (you
've heard of BPA and BPS?
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I am planning to
have a
water birth at home for my third baby, if I am
so blessed to
have more children.