Last night, Jen brought home several books about birthing.One of these books is about "more natural" birthing approaches, such as home-birthing and water-birthing.
The more I read, the more I am convinced that we should integrate some of these approaches.
Water-birthing, in particular, has caught my attention. It seems like it is a much more comfortable and soothing way to bring a baby into the world, and to enter the world if you are a baby (or a baby born on fire).
I was amazed to read that, as long as the placenta stays attached to the wall of the uterus, a baby can live under water for many minutes without risk of injury. That is so cool. Of course, all of the books recommend getting the baby out of the water as quickly as possible; no need to flirt with danger.
Jen and I still need to attend prenatal classes and agree on a birthing plan together, but this is where my mind is at right now. I wonder if it's because I'm a Pisces, and Gaius, if he is born on or very close to his due date, will be a Cancer? Both Zodiac water signs.
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Can you send me the uncensored version of that photo?
Isn't that funny how babies can survive underwater for the first few minutes? The only bad thing about a waterbirth is that if the baby sinks, everyone in the room will know he is a witch.
The upside is that if anyones screws with you, he can always turn them into a newt when he gets older.
Thanks for link!!
~maria
If I see one of those pointy witch-hats or a broom in the birthing pool, I'm high-tailing it out of there.
In our birthing classes, we saw a video of a water birth, and it looked so peaceful: the baby sort of floated quietly on his back in the water for a while, staring at its mom.
We thought we might do the birth that way, and even rented an Aqua-Doula. However, we forgot that Greta gets nauseous in hot tubs, so she only used it for about twenty minutes or so, during the earlier part of her labor.
If you guys are reading up on birth options, I highly recommend Ina May's Guide To Childbirth. It argues forcefully for homebirth -- in fact, it was reading this book that convinced me that homebirth is a safe and logical choice. But even for those who don't go the homebirth route, there's a lot of good information in there.
To be fair, anyone can survive underwater for the first few minutes. It's the second few minutes that things start to get all brain-deathy.
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