Not exact matches
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).
Another compelling reason for me to have a homebirth is I'd like to labor and possibly
birth in
water and my midwife has a birthing
pool that we can set up right in our house.
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.
I was planning a
water birth and had ordered my La Bassine
pool from the UK.
We specialize in
water birth and provide you with a full - size, two person professional birthing
pool.
Reprogrammed belief system, decided after originally planning elective caesarean that home
birth was the go, committed time and energy into being pregnancy and preparing for
birth, faith over fear, comfortable with midwife after devoting time and energy into the relationship, created vision board and reflected daily, music at
birth, swayed body, focused inwards, concentrated on breath, support from partner, relief in
water pool, slipped in and out of dreamlike consciousness, caught baby in own hand s, profound spiritual connection, trusting
Water birth is also becoming an increasingly popular option, as the birthing pool can promote relaxation and the water can help to ease
Water birth is also becoming an increasingly popular option, as the birthing
pool can promote relaxation and the
water can help to ease
water can help to ease pain.
It is possible to have a
water birth in a hospital or home setting; most hospitals have specialist birthing
pools but some women prefer to hire a birthing
pool and give
birth at home.
Water births can offer a calmer and more private environment for giving
birth; the birthing
pool can be a quiet place and you can request to have the lights dimmed, which will make it seem more relaxing.
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.
If you are having a home
water birth, you need to take some practical considerations into account; for example, you need to think about the space you have available for the
pool and make sure you have a floor which is solid enough to take the weight of the
pool when it is filled with
water.
If you choose to have a
water birth in hospital, there is no guarantee that the
pool will be free when you go into labour and you should be prepared for all eventualities.
During expulsion of the fetus at delivery, fecal matter is released into the
birth pool water, contaminating it with micro-organisms.
Despite microbial contamination of
birth pool water during delivery, antibiotic prophylaxis, as indicated by clinical and laboratory suspicion of infection, was administered to only 0.98 % of babies after
water birth versus 1.64 % of those after land delivery...
One area researchers looked closely at was the «microbial load of the
birth pool water», including the release of fecal matter into the birthing tub.
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.
Another compelling reason for me to have a home
birth is I'd like to labor and possibly
birth in
water and my midwife has a birthing
pool that we can set up right in our house.
Doing your research on the various types of pain relief and facilities offered by your hospital is also really important (there's no point in writing that you want a
water birth if the hospital you will be using has no tub or
birth pool on offer!).
Unless every piece of clean linen is weighed prior to use, and the
water content of a birhting
pool is measured before and after a
birth, one is really only guessing (and even then other fluids such as amniotic fluid will distort the results).
If you have a
water birth, watch them open up, move their arms and legs, and look around when held in the birthing
pool.
Heating the
water: This can be the trickiest part of having a
birth pool if your labour is quick or depending on your
water heating system.
Preparing - do a trial run: The top tip when it came to
water birth was to do a trial run with inflating and filling your
pool in advance.
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Others opt for a
pool of
water in which to have a natural delivery and some experience their baby's
birth in their own bed.
Mothers can give
birth in a uniquely designed
birth room where they can avail of facilities such as music, a
water pool, supportive aids (gym ball, bean bags etc.) and Entonox (gas and air) if required.
Another French obstetrician, Michel Odent, took this theory a step further by using a warm
water birth pool as a way to provide natural pain management.
Beat in mind that mothers who plan to give
birth in
water often feel like stepping out of the birthing
pool at the last minute to give
birth, so one can never predict the outcome.
And how about
birth without marinating TWO of your children in nasty contaminated
birth pool water?
On another level, eco-
birth is a way of referring to
water birth, which takes away all of the «hard» exterior items like beds, sheets, and interventions, and allows for the
birth of a baby in a
pool of
water.
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.
While I cuddled with Emilia, Kevin broke down the
birth pool and turned off the sprinkler that had been
watering the garden for the previous six hours.
Will you give
birth in
water or right outside the
pool.
So, if a
water birth is what is desired, the proper apparatus to make it happen should be available and set up in the home for a home
birth, or use the
pools at a
birth center.
Her five - hour
birth went easily, as her husband reheated pots of
water on the stove and added them to the
pool, where Johnson sat waist deep.
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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.
Dr Gowri Motha pioneered waterbirths in NHS hospitals, buying the first ever
water birth pool in 1987 out of her own pocket for the NHS London hospital where she was an obstetrician.
At some point, we blew up the
birth pool (but didn't put any
water in it yet) and the kids were enthralled with their new «toy» and kept playing over the edges of it.
When they're filled with
water,
birth pools are really heavy too, so check the instructions or talk to the company that you're hiring or buying it from.
There are SO many ways to define «natural
birth» these days, from hospital
births with a myriad of pain relieving options to home deliveries in a relaxing
pool of
water.
Miss Motha — a follower of
water -
birth pioneer Michel Odent — has to put up a 2ft deep
pool for each delivery.
The girls were both born in a birthing
pool and the star is an advocate of
water births as a way of natural pain management.
A
water birth is a distinct type of
birth in which labor typically occurs in a special birthing
pool.
Your healthcare provider will need to assess whether you are a suitable candidate for a
water birth, and then you will need to choose a birthing centre that has
pools available.
I'd like to labor in
water birth, but my birthing center has no
birth pool.
There is no evidence that
water births, where a baby is intentionally born under
water in a tub or
pool, poses any increased harm to the child, Oregon State University researchers have found.
And this doesn't mean getting a spot in the best hospital available or ordering that fancy birthing
pool for a
water birth.
There may be other costs involved, such as
birth supply kits or
pool / pumps (for
water births).
If we'd stayed in the UK I could easily have had a home
birth, a fair number of my friends did and some chose to have
water births with a birthing
pool provided by the National Health Service.