Water Birth

Posted in category: News In The World at: May 24, 2010 by The Nanny

SENSE pain during childbirth is a natural woman. Now the pain can disiasati. You want natural childbirth, but not too sick? You can try the method of water birth, water birth. This method is believed to be a way of giving birth with much reduced levels of pain.

Oppie is Andaresta, singers, choosing natural childbirth in the water early last July. The choice is based on the desire gave birth to all-natural and away from stress. Oppie gave birth on Earth Health Clinic, in Mas Ubud, Nyuh Kuning, Ubud, Bali. Before birth, the days Oppie filled with yoga, meditation, breathing exercises and a stroll on the beach of Kuta.

We have ten openings, said Oppie, midwives gestured Ok, one more push, the baby will come out. At the time, he felt his heart fruit ‘pass’ just like that without feeling sick. Next, attach the baby to her chest and instantly gave the milk.

Same as Oppie, pesinetron, Natalie Margaretha admitted early November and the birth process is very different than when she gave birth to her son earlier, with the Caesarean surgery. Although unable to comparing the pain, however, Natalie admitted feeling more relaxed and no pain postpartum. The days before delivery, fill it with exercise therapy Natalie taught hipnobirthing Kuswandi Lanny.

In general there are two choices of delivery, ie normal (vaginal) and Caesarean (perabdominam). Water birth is another option given birth normally. In Eastern European countries, America, Australia and several Asian countries, it became a choice for birth mothers. In Indonesia, water birth as very new. In Jakarta, just a few hospitals that provide it,

According to Dr. Ivan R. Here, MD, FRANZCOG, GDRM, SPOG, Vice President Director Bundamedik, born with a water birth is not really a new method in the world of obstetrics and gynecology. This method has emerged in Russia in the 1960s, which introduced olehy Igor Tjarkovsky. Subsequently developed in France late ’60s, and America in 1961.

Giving birth in water is not much different from a normal delivery on the bed. It’s just that, with deliveries made sefisiologis possible. In this case, the mother usually did not feel pain like when normal deliveries in the bed.
Basically, the processes and procedures for water delivery in just the same as any other normal processes. It’s just a different place, namely in the pool that contains water.

Process water births classified as very simple. At the opening of the sixth, the patient is inserted into a special pool, which contains the water was warm. This warm water makes your skin become elastic so that vaginal birth process easier and faster,

Pool of warm water that, added Lanny Kuswandi, relaxation and former midwife practitioner Hospital. Carolus, who often accompany mothers giving birth in water, giving a sense of comfort, calm and relaxed. Thus making the process not to push too hard.

“The warm water also can inhibit nerve implus-deliver implus pain. In addition, the vagina becomes more elastic, and soft. So the process need not push too hard. Slowly enough, even if the current pubic do not need stitches, “says Lanny.

Dr. Ivan added that the process of childbirth, the husband can help provide massage-massage in the back of his wife, the goal to feel more relaxed and fine. Always, labor process itself takes 1-2 hours. Furthermore, after the baby is out, the doctor or midwife will pick up the baby to the surface and immediately gave the mother to be breastfed.

Babies born via water birth deliveries certainly not going to suck the water which makes it difficult to breathe. “Because when the baby is born, he was still breathing with the placenta (umbilical cord) that is connected to the mother’s stomach. So, no matter when babies are born in water, “explained Dr. Ivan.

Conditions of Water Birth

Not all hospitals equipped with the facility water birth delivery method. In addition to trained medical personnel is needed, the hospital must also design a special maternity pool have (birth pool).

Some conditions, in addition to special maternity pool, which is usually sized between 1.6 X 1.2 or 2 m. Volume of water in the pond below the navel mothers, both when the process of giving birth by sitting, standing or while lying down.

The water also must be sterile. According to Dr. Ivan, ponds that have been sterilized, filled with water where the temperature is adjusted by body temperature, which is around 37 degrees Celsius. The amount of numbers that have the same degree with the amniotic fluid.

This is so the baby does not feel the extreme difference in temperature between the inside of the outside. Moreover, that infants do not experience hypothermia (body temperature is too low) or hyperthermia (body temperature is too high).

Said Dr. Ivan again, other supporting facilities is a pump controller, in order to keep the water circulating. Mother Hospital, where he practiced, the water use distilled water, so the patient does not need to fear if drinking. In addition, the RS Bunda also presents smells of aromatherapy and relaxation music.

There are several requirements to make the process of delivery through the medium of water there are a prerequisite. First, the process of birth through the birth canal desired normal. Second, there is no infection. Third, the position of the baby in the womb at normal condition, not upside down (breech). Fourth, the mother does not have a communicable disease, and fifth, before rupture of membranes has not been entered into the pool water.