Fantastic Andrea. At times like that one wonders why you would do any other job. It is such a buzz for me still after all these years. For us at work they are not allowed to be planned waterbirths but our women know that we can only recommend they come out, we can't make them so they just stay put. It is so peaceful. Cheers Judy
--- Andrea Quanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today I had my first waterbirth. It was so beautiful. All > 4.8kg of > him manipulated his way out all by himself. Mum was able to > describe > his movements to us in a running commentary even down to > telling us > that the shoulders were rotating after his head was born. > > tears in Dads ( and the midwives) eyes and complete awe on the > face > of his 3 year old big sister ( who offered to put the slide > into the > pool for mum). its such a buzz attending births like this. > > Planned second midwife was away and so we invited one who had > not > attended a homebirth ( or waterbirth) before and she is > herself > pregnant so I can only hope she was inspired to great things > for > herself. > > I was glad that we had discussed water birth at length in > Maggie > Banks workshop last week because I was not surprised when > this baby > was so peaceful in the water that we actually had to remind > him that > he needed to join those of us who breathe air. he just lay > there in > his Mums arms looking around and didnt seem to get that idea > for a > while. > > Addicted to birth > > Andrea Q > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Never miss an Instant Message - Yahoo! Messenger for SMS http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mweb/index.html -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
