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Re: water and birthFrom: R J Connell (rowan@pavilion.co.uk)Sun Oct 29 06:36:33 1995
>In reply to Dr. Chase's concerns regarding water birth: Most practictioners >of water birth have low-intervention philosophies, that is, birth is >basically hands-off. Episiotomy is not performed. There is little >opportunity for contact with the water because the baby floats out into the >tub and then the mother lifts it onto her chest. Solids are removed from the >tub with a strainer and disposed of in the sanitary sewer system (toilet), >and the tub is washed and disinfected just as the bed is after a delivery. > >The purpose of water birth is to provide a relaxing, low stress environment >both for the mother and the baby, to reduce the need for anesthesia and >analgesia, and to reduce the shock of transition from intrauterine to >extrauterine life. > ...to allow the baby to inhale infected water/faeces as it's little lungs inflate when expelled from the restrictions of the birth canal. I am totally against this form of delivery. Ican see the merits as far as analgesia is concerned. These pregnancies are invariably low risk, but I would challenge you to provide details of comparisons of the babies' outcomes both morbidity and mortality. you only need one bad experience in a low risk group like this to turn against it. I would extend this to primip breech vaginal deliveries, despite adequate pelvimetry... Rowan Connell (a disbeliever)>
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