Why Women choose a water birth than hospital Birth

♦ January 31, 2013 ♦ Leave a comment

An alternative to natural bed birth and C-section birth is water birth. Though it seems to be a nuisance to see your own filth around but planning a home water birth can be welcoming and emotional as well as a gentle touch to your new born. Labor pains are an inevitable part of child birth though there are pain killers available at the would-be mother’s end choice. There have been many reasons after experimenting with water birth has and have been successful in delivery a normal baby. Since the baby stays into the amniotic fluid sac for a period of 9 months a warm water birth can help birthing for the baby smoother and less painful for the women. Women have reviewed water birth to be rejuvenating and giving them buoyancy and relieve pain during delivery.

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Water birth helps to create buoyancy that helps movement on both sides or on the knees. A larger tub gives the mother to move freely. The water helps woman increases comfort level at the pressure points at the tail bone and helps to relax at the time of contractions. This warm water birth helps to give birth without pain killers.

Normally bed births have possibilities of tearing of the vaginal tissues which will need to stitch it up and may take long time to recover the main and the scar. The benefit of using a water birth is that warm water helps soaking into the skin making it elastic and stretching easier and reduces the risk of episiotomy. The baby can also experience a smoother journey during a water birth. A mid wife during this period is a real help who can helps during delivery and also maintain the right temperature of water. A water birth is not advisable if your pregnancy is breech, in case of herpes, maternal problems of infection, heart disease, meconium in the amniotic fluid and if you had a caesarian section in the previous pregnancy. You can get help of obstetrician in helping you deliver through water birth.

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