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The birthing of a baby is one of the most cherished moments of a woman’s life.The happiness of being able to deliver a new life is like nothing else. Although it comes with great pain, most women will agree it is worth it.
As a San Diego midwife I would like to share with you a method that you might not be aware of. It is called waterbirth.
Waterbirth has been described as one of the gentlest ofmethods of deliveries. It requires the use of a heatedwater bath or a pool.A few woman will just use the water for the pain of the labor part.This is done because the water that is heated is very pain relieving.It is relaxing to the tissues.
Other women will also delivery the baby through it.They remain in the water through the whole delivery.Even till the placenta is delivered all the way through.
The whole procedure is usually overseen by a person called a midwife. If you are in San Diego there are plenty of midwives San Diego.You will want one that is very experienced.
Why do quite a few women pick this way of delivering over the hosptial method? As described earlier, delivery and the labor part is extremely painful.A majority of women will use the drugs to try and stop the pain.But for quite a few women they do not want to introduce drugs into their body in fear of harming the baby. Using a waterbirth method helps with the pain. Because of the
heated water it soothes the tissues and helps with the pain.
Most women will have this procedure usually done naturally.They won’t ask or use any drugs to help lessen the pain of labor and delivery. Often times this actually helps the labor happen faster.Because when you use the drugs it can really slow down the labor.
It is actually a very safe alternative of delivery.For some women who are wanting to have their baby naturally this might be a choice to go with. I have seen many happy deliveries as a San Diego licensed midwife. All it takes for a woman is to research and see
how safe it is.
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Having your child in the home? Who does such things? Didn’t that only happen back in the early days of our country when doctor’s had to go out to the prairie and deliver babies?
Not so. There is a large group of women who are discovering the benefts of having a baby at home, or homebirth as it is sometimes called.
This practice of having your baby at home is called midwifery. Although not doctors or nurses, people in this line of work called midwifery are professionally regulated. I myself have seen the steady rise of homebirths through my practice as a San Diego certified midwife.
The people, generally women, who perform this line of work are called homebirth midwives. Midwives is the term most people are familiar with and means a person who helps during childbirth by providing support of the labor and delivery.
Now why a midwife is usually not a doctor or nurse is because the practice of having your baby at home, or midwifery is generally the belief that pregnancy and birth are natural normal events. This is in stark contrast with the medical model which relies on medicine to assist and improve the pregnancy and delivery.
That out of the way, lets take a look at why women are having their babies at home. What are the benefits that are causing women to have homebirths?
First off, with the continued presence of the midwife, the length of labor can be reduced. Most women aren’t told that pain medications actually slows down the labor, even though it helps with the pain. This really causes more pain and the labor actuallly lasts longer.
Second, the techniques of midwifery actually reduces the likelihood of the need for forceps or other operative devices during delivery. The process of allowing the birth and delivery to happen naturally is what reduces the need for those devices.
Third, cesarean delivery possbilities are reduced. Most cesareans that happen in labor were because it was thought that a vaginal birth was not possible. Either because of the safety of the baby was in mind or the safety of the mother. When in reality the complication was created because the natural birth process wasn’t allowed to happen.
These are 3 benefits when you have a natural homebirth. There are many more, but I am sure most women in pregnancy would agree these are 3 huge benefits.
So although, most might consider it strange to want to have a child at home, studies have shown that allowing the natural birth process to happen is safer for the mother and the baby. With over 300 births attended as a homebirth midwife in San Diego, this has proven to be the case time and time again.
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