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Absolutely, Mary. My experience too. The reason
they have them get out is so they can suction before the baby takes a
breath. If they are in the water, some would breathe as soon as they are out of
the water, no time to suction. The emphasis being on suctioning, not that the
baby would gasp under water. But, I would agree it washes OUT . I could be
wrong but I think suctioning's the rationale for birth centres having women
get out of the tub if they have mec liqour.
marilyn
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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 2:43
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Subject: [ozmidwifery] Homebirth
experiences with Mec liquor
Hi Marilyn, My experience with water birth and mec liquor is that it
streams OUT of the nose and mouth when the head is born, therefore, no danger
of inhaling it when the baby does take it's first gasp when out of the
water. I have never had a baby gasp and inhale water. MM
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Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 8:32
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Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Homebirth
experiences with Mec liquor
Mary, I agree. I think the answers are
theoretical and probably can't be tested for ethical reasons. I would say
theoretically speaking, babies born through mec liqour would not be in
danger of aspirating mec at birth, if they have done so, they have done so
in utero and no amount of suctioning will help the situation. That
being said, I can imagine that if they had a mouth full of mec that if it
weren't suctioned before the first breath it could be aspirtated. At least
that was the rationale for suctioning on the perineum in the Seattle
practice. But not vigorous suctioning, just mouth and nose with a de Lee. I
can also see that being born in water would get rid of that mec nicely,
which is interesting because I do know some midwives who have women get out
of water to birth if there is mec liquor, presumably to suction. It boils
down to individual comfort levels (both woman and midwife) and full
disclosure so that there are no shocks when it comes to the birth,
especially in areas such as this where it definetly seems like more art than
science to me.
marilyn
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Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:08
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Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Homebirth
experiences with Mec liquor
Marilyn, it looks like there are still things we have to learn about
the subject, regardless of what seems to be factual evidence. I don't
really feel that I have a proven answer to my original question, altho I
value all the other information put forward. cheers,
MM
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