Wilderness awareness school (Seattle) A water birth happens when the person giving birth is submerged especially during the delivery process, though some people may choose to be submerged in water throughout the labor process. Hydrotherapy is used in labor and delivery to accomplish the following goals: Immersion in water during labor may reduce pain, reducing the need for epidurals and resulting in shorter labor.Nanami Nishiyama Hello!My name is Nanami Nishiyama. I am astudent at a nature-related school in Seattle. The northwest coast of the United States has gone from the rainy season to the dry season, and the weather is getting warmer and drier. However, school holidays have started and I have left Seattle, and am now in Hokkaido, Japan. The weather is gradually getting warmer here too, and I finally got into the lake and was able to swim for the first time this year. It was then that I suddenly remembered a story about a water childbirth. I remembered hearing about a water birth from an acquaintance in New Zealand about a year ago and I have been curious to know about it. Therefore, this time I would like to write about what is water birth, the history it has, the benefits and risks it brings about, and the support available in each country. What is water birth?AmericaThe WATer BirthThe WATer Birth The history of water birth We will likely think that laboring in the water is a relatively new concept. However, Janet Balaskas, a writer on water births, disputes that. She tells tales of Egyptian pharaohs born in water and South Pacific islanders giving birth in shallow seawater. In certain regions of the world, like Guyana in South America, women still give birth at a designated spot by the nearby river. Using warm water gained popularity in France in the ����s among medical professionals and midwives as a way to ease the transition of newborns from the womb to the outside world. They were worried, though, that the baby might experience trauma from birth due to the numerous interventions used in modern childbirth care. Later, French obstetrician Michel Odent found that submerging a woman in the water seemed to facilitate the passage of laboring, ease the pain of childbirth, and even calm the baby as it Doctors and midwives at the time noted how much calmer the babies were in the water than babies born in normal birth methods. They were also impressed with how the babies seemed more relaxed, made eye contact with their mothers, and wanted to breastfeed. Pioneers such as Mr. Odent have even voiced the idea that babies might feel more comfortable being born in water because we were aquatic creatures in the past. During the ����s and ����s, interest in water births grew in the UK, Europe and Canada. Champions of water birth emerged, including obstetrician Michael Rosenthal in the US, registered nurse and childbirth educator Barbara Harper, and midwife and educator Diane Garland in the UK. They have shared their experiences of water birth, worked to promote it, and helped to increase the credibility of the practice in birthing pools by ensuring that guidelines for labor and birth in the water are safe, according to the report.
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