This method is safe and provides many benefits for both mother and baby including relief and a less traumatic birth experience for the baby.
Child birth can be a stressful experience for the baby. Properly heated water is claimed to help ease the transition from the uterus to the outside world because the warm liquid is thought to resemble the intrauterine environment.
Water birth is a form of hydrotherapy which, in studies, has been shown to be an effective form of pain management for a variety of conditions especially back pain which a number of woman have during labour. Water allows you to move easily and change positions frequently.The water bouys you up and makes you feel lighter.
Once you're immersed in the warm water of the pool, you're in your own world and can labour undisturbed. If the lights are dimmed and the room is quiet the effect will be heightened. It may help you to feel more in control of your body.
Water birth is believed to aid stretching of the perineum and therefore decrease the risk of s tears. Support from the water slows down the crowning of the babies head and offers perineal support, which decreases the risk of tearing and reduces the use of a surgical procedure called an episiotomy which can cause a number of complications.
Water birth is accepted and practiced in many parts of the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well as many European countries, including the United Kingdom;Germany many maternity clinics and hospitals have birthing tubs/pools.
Monitoring and emergencies
You may have to stay out of the pool if you develop complications.This could be upsetting but ultimately the health of baby is the most important.
Staff may need to monitor the heart rate if their is a problem like
- your labour is progressing very slowly
- you start bleeding during labour
- your blood pressure goes up
- your baby's first poo (meconium) is detected in your waters
- the pool water gets very dirty
- you feel faint or drowsy
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