Water Birth: What Caused It?
Pain but a positive experience to feel and give birth. Many mothers have already been heard happily recounting their experience of the difficulty of childbirth and the severe pain especially when the baby takes so long to come out. But if they knew, the hardship they would experience through the water could be alleviated. Through the so -called waterbirth where the woman feels the water and gives birth to the puya in the water. For more than two decades, the use of warm tub water for childbirth has attracted interest in many countries. Many women have applied for it in the hospital, maternity ward and at home. Hundreds of years ago, it was known that this method of childbirth had many benefits.
Today, many women want to give birth in water especially in Canada, America, England and other countries in Europe and Asia because of its great benefits for them and their child. This method of childbirth can relieve the pain of mothers; allow them to move around in any position; give them more control; to relax; conserve energy; reduce the rupture of the child's passage; reduce blood pressure; reduce the likelihood of being subjected to a cesarean section; very little blood is lost; there is little abdominal pressure because the ability to float in water will facilitate more efficient contraction in the mother’s abdomen; help relieve stress and make it easier to focus on childbirth; good breathing in mothers especially asthmatic; reduce infection to the mother; accelerates normal sensation that sometimes results in two to four hours of labor.
It is also of great benefit to baby as it increases the ease of transition from maternal uterine water to external water; increased baby blood due to good maternal blood circulation; the baby are born calm and alert; safest fit unsafe alternative childbirth; also reduce infection to the child; there is little problem with breastfeeding after childbirth; there is also little trauma to the baby; the child born into this non -violent world has great potential to be brought up with a little bit of violence as well.
If there are no medical problems, any mother is a potential candidate for water birth that can be performed at home, hospital, birth center, or at sea. Instead, it is important for pregnant women to think about philosophies, thoughts and fears about childbirth, and to set aside health concerns. This honest test will help evaluate whether it is really appropriate to undergo for water delivery.
On the other hand, this method of childbirth is not recommended for premature labor and is also not suitable for mothers with herpes because herpes bacteria are easily contagious. Mothers who want to give birth by water, need to be prepared especially in choosing a companion nurse, midwife or doctor who is not afraid to take care of the frightened mother who will stop the feeling. In water delivery, the partners take care of the water temperature so as not to exceed the mother’s body temperature which is estimated at 97 degrees fahrenheit. For temperatures above this level will lead to hyperthermia and dehydration where the mother and baby will lack the necessary body water.
The risk of infection in mothers with this method of childbirth is low especially if the tub is cleaned before the mother is immersed, uses clean water, drains the water if it has been more than 24 hours in the tub, new hot water hose, and disposable tub liner. Because the mother and baby share the same antibodies, so there is no risk that the baby will be detected by anything from the mother.
This method of childbirth is most recommended by obstetricians because it facilitates easy childbirth for mothers. For water can be support like a thousand hands holding and caressing mothers. It is the most tender encounter with the child at its birth. Safe for a baby to be born in water. The baby lives and grows in the mother’s womb with plenty of water, floating happily in her mother’s womb. Once born in warm water, he will adjust by stretching his arms and legs after a few seconds. Her breathing mechanism will be delayed until it is already held by the mother.
Remember that mothers successfully gave birth to their children hundreds of years ago. The female body is created with mechanisms that allow them to give birth to baby. Rely on the baby and surrender oneself once the baby travels from darkness to light until the first of these sounds is heard.