Good Morning Frank - WELL......where do I begin with this? I guess firstly in that I get a great mental image of a baby shooting skywards, breaking throught the surface of the water and towards the heavens (as you so eloquently compared it to pushing a ball under the water, and as this is what a ball does.....)
On a serious note though, I have over 200 responses from women who have birthed through water which say that women think it is wonderful it for a variety of reasons....., and the stats of around 450 waterbirths (over the past 4 years)showing us that it is a safe option and fraught with infinitely less dangers than epidurals and pethidine - better outcomes overall, (apgar scores, admissions to nursery, less perineal trauma, less assisted vaginal births, etc etc, plus maternal satisfaction with their labour and birthing experience is very high, and they leave feeling goood about going into their next birth!) Now how stupid is that? Regards, Lynne PS Believe it or not, the buoyancy is one of the things the women mention as being a positive aspect - relieves the pressure on their legs, back and perineum, enables them to change position more easily and get more comfortable. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Frank Jockel Sent: Saturday, 7 December 2002 3:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] birthing in dam water Hi, I just have to give my two bob's worth regarding water births... I think water births are the STUPIDEST idea since the Irish decided to land on the sun at night. What happens when you push a ball under water? Its bouyancy makes it pop UP A baby has bouancy too. So unless the mother is willing to wear a snorkel and mask and be upside down, pointing her perineum at the surface, the baby is fighting bouancy and the uterus is fighting bouancy... stupid. Get out of the water and onto a birthing chair where you belong and let Gravity do the work Water for fish.. Regards, Frank ckel -------Original Message------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, 07 December 2002 03:41:26 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [ozmidwifery] birthing in dam water Could people tell me of their experiences with birthing in dam water, we really don't have enough rainwater on site to use, this dam water is used for general washing etc it runs through the solar hotwater service but is quite turbid, yours in midwifery pete malavisi -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. . -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
