water birth method

Indonesia
June 21, 2008 6:43am CST
i just realize that nowadays there is one more option to delivery baby. its called water birth method. as llike the name, the mother will delivery baby in the water and it said that it reduces 80% pains of normal baby delivery. of course the water will be sterilized firstly before the mother uses it. another thing in water birth method, around of room will have lavender aroma theraphy and even added with relax music. my country just use this birth method from 2006. i just wonder how common this birth method in your country and what kind birth method that you ever had? normal delivery, surgery, or?
3 people like this
25 responses
@mythreya (90)
• India
21 Jun 08
There is no problem with water births.In countries like holland most of the new births r water births.Even doctors recommend the water birth.It takes away 90 percent of your pain. I would recommend anyone to go with this but you should have a nurse who is experienced in child birth with u so she can be useful in emergencies.
1 person likes this
@ellie333 (21016)
21 Jun 08
Hi Plumwish, it does sound a very relaxing way to give birth if there is one eh! LOL. In the UK most maternity units in the hospitals have birthing pools so I believe it is quite common, howver for me I have to have surgery each time due to a pelvis injury years ago so I just go to sleep wake up and there is the baby. Ellie :D
• Indonesia
21 Jun 08
so, all of your delivery with surgery? people said that its not pain while the baby deliver (in sugery time) but will feel the pain after the surgery, is it so? i wonder to know since i never have delivery so far
1 person likes this
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
24 Jun 08
Always surgery no natural birth at all the Doctorsdid what they wanted . dont know if water biths are done much here havent heard much about it but I do know its there
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
21 Jun 08
I have never heard of this either. I had a normal birth delivery with an epidural to ease the pain at the very end of 15 hours of labor. I would have given anything for something less painful. I never want to go through that ever again. The pain was horrible for me. They thought they were going to have to take the baby C-Section but didn't have to at the very end.
• Indonesia
21 Jun 08
if i don't mistake, its new method which implemented in my country learning from rusian and australia. it seems interesting to try but i don't know how much it will be. its nice to know that you have normal delivery, my friend
@bieke81 (1067)
• Belgium
25 Jun 08
I had two baby's, all without epidural. With the first one I couldn't stay in the tub, 'cause he wasn't low enough so the midwife needed to push with me to help him, but I did go in the tub till it was time to deliver. It helped to ease the pain. The second one I delivered in the tub. No epidural either (can't do that when you're in the tub). Because he stopped working I needed medication to help him get out, so I was glad I could go in the tub cause it helped to ease the pain.
25 Jun 08
in the uk it is quite common now and i actually wanted to have a water birth with my second child i had planned it right up til the birth and was even in the water birth room with the pool filled and everything, then my son's heartbeat slowed down and i was forced to be monitored constantly so i was unable to have a water birth, it was disapointing as the pool was right there and i was layed on the bed lol but i had to go with the safest option.
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
22 Jun 08
i never give birth before... but i heard about that water birth method before... it sounds so relaxing and comfortable... but i think i still want to go for natural birth method when i am going to deliver my baby in the future... i just want to feel the natural process of giving birth... take care and have a nice day...
• United States
22 Jun 08
I had a C-Section delivery 6 weeks before the due date as the umbilical cord was wrapped around my baby's neck. I'm happy to say all went well.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
22 Jun 08
I have heard of the water method, though I did not do this when I had my kids. Both of mine were normal delivery. I did have an episiotomy (a small cut down "there") with my first son because I was terrified at giving birth. With my second son other than the doctor having to break my water it was a normal delivery. Maybe if I have a 3rd baby I'll try the water method, who knows?
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
22 Jun 08
I first heard of that method used in my country in the 70's but I do not know anyone personally who did it that way. Although there has been a bit of a trend toward normal delivery here, I am afraid that surgery is still far too common. It is easier for the doctors and more lucrative.
@amirev777 (4117)
• India
22 Jun 08
hi, that's a good news for ladies who r going to deliver. which country do u belong to? i am an indian and as far as my knowledge is concerned, i dont think its been used here as yet. i havent seen any deliveries but yes my gurl has seen since she is a doctor and she always tell me about how the ladies suffer fron that pain n then deliver the small wonders of this world. she has also seen surgeries which are known as LSCS type of delivery or ceasarian section which is named after a person ceasar who was the first person to deliver by this method, so the name. the type of delivery u have mentioned really sounds good and it will be a sigh of relief for those who dont want to undergo pain and still wanna have a baby. hope it is soon implemented in india so that here also our women community can avail of this wondeful method.
• Philippines
22 Jun 08
good day....normal spontaneous delivery and ceasarian section are still the two most common method of delivery n our country. I've heard of water birth method but never seen one yet.
• India
22 Jun 08
My neice is into her medical course in the 4th year,and she was with me when I opened my mail,and she could read your discussion,and she is telling its known to them.But ofcourse for me its new concept and I have never heared about this type of delivery.
@fwangaa (3057)
• China
22 Jun 08
My aunt surgery . In my country surgery generally.
@scapula (760)
• Jordan
22 Jun 08
I never heard about this method of delivery, I liked the name too, Where they do it?, is is in special places or just in special rooms in hospitals?, in my country they use normal delivery and cesarean delivery.
@sminut13 (1783)
• Singapore
22 Jun 08
i heard about this method too. it's not that common here i think as it's expensive but i think there were reports that some did it. for me, i just did the normal delivery. i didn't put it any medication or epidural. it was just labor all the way. hehe
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Jun 08
;plumwish we also have the water birth method here in the US but I had plain old normal delivery with an epidurmal for pain but that was many years ago.Both of my deliverys were just normal deliveries. I think a lot of the Hollywood movie stars have used the water birth delivery medthod. lol.
@tintinn (277)
21 Jun 08
I have heard of water birth method quite a long time ago. It is very normal in many countries. In fact, about ten years ago, my cousin had gave birth to her daughter by this method. She was quite happy.
@arashank (22)
• Sweden
21 Jun 08
hi, even i have heard of the water birth methods...being most pain relieving birth methods..but i have heard that some countries have banned this or does not support much to this kind of births..as this might put the new born in danger!!! i am a pregnant now ..and im keen to know more as well regarding the different birth methods..:)
@joyouskay (113)
21 Jun 08
I have heard of it and new someone who utilized it. She said didn't believe it did anything to reduce the pain. She also said that she found it to be somewhat "gross" after the fact considering all the stuff that floats in the water after the birth...