((((( ULTIMATE HEALTH)))))) With NORTEY DUA What comes to your mind when you think of a woman giving birth? The regular scenes of a labour ward? Nurses, midwives? A bed? Pain? Screams? ....... WATER????? Errrrrr, Yes, water? SERIOUSLY ???????????!!!! NO!!!!!! Most of our thoughts and recollections of childbirth focus on the orthodox (or normal) delivery methods - conventional vaginal delivery with mother on her back and usually on a bed or delivery table. So ............ To many of us its strange, if not weird, to contemplate labor and childbirth in water!! Yes! WATER BIRTH. Have you heard of it? ?? Would you try it, consider it? WATER BIRTH ??!!! Water birth is the process of giving birth in a tub of warm water. Some women choose to labor in the water and get out for delivery. Other women decide to stay in the water for the delivery as well. The theory behind water birth is that since the baby has already been in the amniotic fluid sac for 9 months, birthing into a similar environment is gentler for the baby and less stressful for the mother. Midwives, birthing centers and a growing number of obstetricians believe that reducing the stress of labor and delivery will reduce fetal complications. ***Water birth however, should always occur under the supervision of a qualified health care provider. What are the proven benefits of water birth? Is it really safe for the mother, baby? Who should supervise such a procedure? A doctor, nurse, midwife? Wont the baby drown? What is the temperature of the water? Can anyone have a water birth? Is it true that the mother can use a variety of positions to deliver (kneeling, squatting, forward or backward slide etc). Is water birth a natural form of delivery? Is it true that water relaxes the mother and reduces blood pressure? If so, why is it not available in our hospitals on Ghana? Which situations are not suited for water birth? For more information on water birth join NORTEY DUA on ULTIMATE HEALTH at 2.05pm as he tests the water with Mrs Sarah Serwah Major, UK trained Midwife/Public Health consultant and founder of Cradlecare Maternity Trust. Txt your questions ahead to 1422, Facebook/Joy997 and Whatsapp 0244340437 Dont miss this program! ULTIMATE HEALTH, YOUR ULTIMATE GUIDE TO HEALTHY LIVING! Ultimate Health is sponsored by PEPSODENT , LIFEBUOY SOAP, GLICO HEALTHCARE and VIROL BLOOD TONIC.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:21:42 +0000
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