Comments on My Funny, Funny Family: Water Baby?

It must have been great and different experience f...

2009-06-24T00:47:10.047-06:00

It must have been great and different experience for you. Underwater birth means delivery occurs while the mother is submerged in water. In this method, mother and new born child are benefited. But sometimes child has threat of inhalation also. Good your delivery happened smoothly.

I am glad that at the hospital here, they didn'...

2009-06-09T12:14:14.950-06:00

I am glad that at the hospital here, they didn't whisk away the baby immediately for a bath. In fact till I read your post I didn't know they usually do that! The hospital here was actually pretty good with all my requests (no meds, delayed cord clamping, breastfeeding shortly after birth etc.). The bad thing was the pushing stage where they wouldn't let me squat and the part after

I don't know if the water helped me stretch - ...

2009-06-04T13:23:24.334-06:00

I don't know if the water helped me stretch - I had an episiotomy with baby #1 (after pushing for 2 hours on the bed) and subsequent scar tissue - but with this one, I only had a minor first degree tear (required three stitches). And the tear was only on one side, so I assume it was not the scar tissue from the episiotomy giving way...

Was it the water or just the second child? I

I, as well as many of my OP friends, have delivere...

2009-06-03T19:09:17.476-06:00

I, as well as many of my OP friends, have delivered in one of the ABC rooms. They really are great. I was all for a water delivery, but the warm water slooooowed things down a lot and after a couple of hours in the tub my skin was starting to peel off. No one warned me about THAT. In any case, I'd been in labor for 24 hours, so I finally hauled my giant self out of the tub and onto a stool.

Felicia -- That's what I've been told too ...

2009-06-03T13:53:26.919-06:00

Felicia -- That's what I've been told too -- that it's the feeling of air on the baby's face that prompts him to inhale.
Thanks for sharing that experience -- I have been wondering if being in the water would help my tough, scar-tissue perineum stretch. Maybe it won't. But fortunately, the birthing stools at the Alternative Birthing Center are waterproof and can be used

I think what causes the aspiration/breathing in re...

2009-06-03T13:38:37.598-06:00

I think what causes the aspiration/breathing in reflex is the sensation of cold air on the baby's skin. So the warm water would not cause that, at least in my understanding.

I was hoping for a water birth this time with #2 but alas, my "perineum of steel" (as my midwife called it) did not let her out in the water no matter how many different positions I tried, so I had

sounds like a great place!! here's to hoping ...

2009-06-03T09:02:25.536-06:00

sounds like a great place!! here's to hoping you are able have your wishes carried out this time around. i know what you mean about everything sounding great at the hospital before labor begins but having it be a completely different story when labor starts...i had hopes of using all sorts of labor positions and the shower when i was in labor with harrison, but instead i was stuck in bed,