Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth through water

[Aviva Sheb'a]

Hell's bells, I'd have been mortified if anyone wanted to touch my babies before I had! Aviva ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruth Cantrill To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth through water > A new midwife to our unit from England said our baths would not be suitable > because of back care for the midwife! My response was that from what I've read > the baby is birthed by the mum, hands off by the midwife, so why should there > be a  problem!! how many women are willing to touch their baby during the process of birth and immediately at the moment of birthing??? i can see that with much pre education this may be possible. However if it is to happen the way you idealistically suggest then perhaps one criteria for  in  water birthing will need to be that  women are fully educated willing and cooperative in  handling her baby  at the moment of birth. we do have to be careful in the asumptions we make about how women may feel and be able to respond at the various stages of birthing. Ruth ------------------------------------- Ruth Cantrill Griffith University NATHAN QLD   4111 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.   ---   Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 27/01/03