Sentences with phrase «n't have a water birth»

It was a great experience, even though I didn't have a water birth.

When my contraction starts, the midwife told me that I couldn't have water birth as no one on night shift was able to do it, specifically because no one can kneel down to do the birthing process.

So, for example, I knew I couldn't have a water birth, but I wanted to labor in water.

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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).

It is estimated that infant mortality could have been as high as 1 in 5 at the beginning of the 19th century when many infants were fed a flour and water «formula» instead of being breastfed — not necessarily because of inherently dangerous birth practices.

If you want a water birth and do not have an appropriately sized tub in your home, you will have to rent or buy a birthing pool.

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your body needs lots of water and food, so I was really glad to be somewhere — home — where I didn't have to fight any outdated protocols in order to eat and drink.

People who have had water births told me that they felt the most incredible relief upon entering the water and they could not be more correct.

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.

The hospital birthing center where I had my baby offers it... My midwife was actually excited that I wanted to do water labor but no water birth... I was the only one of her patients who DID N'T intend to birth in the water and she needed people birthing out of the tub for a control group in a waterbirth infection study she was contributing to.

Not all home birth advocates are hippies... Have you watched a water birth or home birth?

My birth was nothing like I had hoped, labored in bed on my back because they couldn't monitor the babies if I moved, had to have pitocin and later an epidural (I could stand the pitocin, it was the fact that no one does a breach delivery any more that, just in case Twin B didn't turn after Twin A was born), puking in the operating room because I couldn't even have a single drop of water on my tongue while laboring strapped down (talk about understanding what hell is like!)

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.

If for some reason the labour does not go according to plan you may have to get out of the water and give birth normally; this can be disruptive and it may cause concern and confusion.

Some women may be put off by the idea of the midwife having to clean the pool and use a sieve to get rid of any excretions; however, this should not be a reason to go against the idea of a water birth as midwives are used to this and it is very common.

And if you do decide on a water birth, you don't have to take «no» for an answer from your care provider.

I had really hoped for a water birth as I had with Henry, but there was much concern about the floors in our apartment (in a very old building) not being able to hold the weight.

If you're planning to have a water birth as I am, you'll need a birthing tub (if your midwife does not provide) and a new hose to fill the tub up with.

I am not aware of any birthing facility that offers fresh, healthy, organic food and filtered water, but if there is one, I suspect it's a birth center or rather, one that allows you to bring your own food just as one would provide in their own home birth.

- Multiples: If you are having multiples, it may not be a well - advised decision to use a water birth.

Organic cotton bed linen and gowns is another factor I've yet to hear a birth center advertise, but you can rest assured that if my little one isn't born in our salt - water pool, it will be born on our bamboo sheets.

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.

«If you have well water and it hasn't been tested, have it tested before baby's birth for nitrates.

(It was later determined that I must have picked up an infection because my water broke around midnight and I didn't give birth until just after 3 p.m.) I didn't feel well for a few days and was on an anti-biotic when we were discharged.

I don't plan on having any more children, but if I did, it would no doubt be another water birth with Andaluz

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?

I was also tested for GBstrep and if it came back positive I would have been given antibiotics during labor (at home), she also would not offer a water birth if there was any sign of meconium once my waters broke.

In this webring you can read positive birth stories in which labor has not been induced and the care provider did not break the mother's water.

«she also would not offer a water birth if there was any sign of meconium once my waters broke» Just as a point of comparison, in England you would be transfered to the hospital if the fluid showed meconium, not just risked out of the waterbirth part.

Not all doctors or midwives have experience with giving birth in water or feel comfortable with the idea.

But minimizing pain during childbirth isn't the only benefit a water birth has to offer.

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.

If you have high blood pressure, are having twins or a breech birth or experience a ruptured membrane when you go into labor, having a water birth may not be the best idea.

I had a drug - free midwife - assisted birth (although it was in a hospital, and not in water) about 6 weeks after you.

Having a water birth is not an option for everyone.

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'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!

Some things you might have at home already, but if you don't, it might be a good idea to purchase the whole Water Birth Kit.

I remember discussing with him that I didn't really want him messing around too much and to get the birth pool set up pretty quickly because it would take a while to fill up with water.

You need one if you are giving birth in water in the hospital and they don't have one.

I had the antibiotic on standby, and planned with my midwife that I would wait for another risk factor to turn up before they would be administered - ie go into labour before 37wks (didn't) waters broken for more than 18hours before birth (with my little rocket?

Delivery As this hospital doesn't do water births and I had no intention of having one, it was a long walk back to the bed for me.

For those who don't know this is the scenario in which medical staff, through their interventions (including but not limited to breaking her waters and an augmentation of labour we hadn't consented to) to «encourage» birth in a fixed timescale which suited them and the hospital actually end up having a counter-productive effect ending up slowly but surely in an emergency c - section in our case, or an instrumental delivery.

If you have questions about water birth, please do not hesitate to call us or speak with us during an upcoming visit.

The problem I see is that direct entry midwives in the United States will often attend home births that do not fit these criteria; while insisting that home birth is at least as safe as hospital birth, many will attend twin births, breech births, births after 41 weeks, births of women who have pre-existing or pregnancy - induced disease, births after two or more previous caesarean sections, and births of women whose labor has been jump - started rather than begun spontaneously (whether by herbs, prolonged nipple stimulation, the breaking of her water, or illicit use of medications).

Thanks for sharing your story I had a nice and easy pregnancy and birth with my first son, yo yoo come the second pregnancy ok it was not bad but the birth oh God 15 hours in pain my water never broke I just see blood coming out and here it's come the pushing oh God the baby hurt me badly that I have to get the stitching inside there feeling the niddle down there was a extremely painful and I was screaming all the way through the process and now am pregnant again first few weeks was not easy At all but now a moment my second trimesters and am praying for easy birth God help me