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Re: water and birthFrom: Dr. Carlos Chase (drchase@caribnet.net)Fri Oct 27 21:56:00 1995
>> The purpose of water birth is to provide a relaxing, low stress environment >> both for the mother and the baby, > > Clearly not a stress-reducer for the physician responsible for the >modern, uneventful delivery of life into the world... (Nor for the >malpractice carrier). I would add stress reducer for plaintiff >attorneys also. > >> and to reduce the shock of transition from intrauterine to >> extrauterine life. > > I would go a bit out on a limb here and suggest that nature's >concept of some shock at birth is not terribly bad. From my >education and experience, the shock and trauma of birth is a required >step to turn this fetal creature into a land-dwelling animal. Shock >causes vigorous respiration (relatively vital step at breathing for >the rest of one's life), dramatic upswing in oxygen tension, closure >of ductus arteriosus, etc. > I distinctly remember in the 80's when the water birth was trying >to get in vogue that there were several neonatal deaths because this >process of birth was not done the way "Mother Nature" had intended >and the child was dead. Cute experiment. > > I not only think the attempt to deliver a baby into a pool of water >is absolutely silly beyond words, but frankly and blatantly dangerous >to the well-being of the neonate. In short: if "nature" intended us to deliver in water, we would all be fish, whales or some such other creature that delivers underwater. Funny enough, I do not see whales rushing to deliver on land. Dr. Carlos Chase Bridgetown Barbados "Sun, sea and sand in the Caribbean" E-mail: drchase@caribnet.net
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