Instead of laboring in a bed, many women who deliver at a hospital opt to give birth in a tub or immersion pool if the facility allows for it. However, despite the growing popularity of these water births, some hospitals are now limiting or restricting them after a new American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommendation.
Why Some Hospitals Are Starting To Restrict Water Births!
By
Deepak Mamgain in
Bizarre
On 28th October 2016
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We all know about the normal delivery of a child but there are some women who opt to give birth in a tub if the hospital allows. However, despite the growing popularity of these water births, there are some hospitals which limiting or restricting them after a new American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommendation.
#2 What is a water birth?
A birth in which the mother spends the final stages of labour in a birthing pool, with delivery taking place either in or out of the water. Or Water birth is childbirth that occurs in water. Proponents believe water birth results in a more relaxed, less painful experience that promotes a midwife-led model of care.
ACOG said that water births should be restricted to only clinical trials, and for everyone else, it advised that moms get out of the water before actually giving birth. Its new guidance no longer includes this advice and solely recommends that if women decide to labor in water, they all should still deliver on land.
According to the ACOG, there may be benefits to immersion in water during the first stage of labor including possibly a shorter labor as well as a decrease in use of an epidural. However, there is currently insufficient research to conclude if giving birth while still underwater is safe for the mom and baby. No matter what but It sounds dangerous for the mom and baby.
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Some hospitals that once offered water births to healthy women are now revising this alternative delivery and scaling back or cutting the option.
DeKalb Medical Center in Atlanta stated that it is now considering limiting its water birth program for women with due dates after Oct. 31.
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Monadnock Community Hospital in New Hampshire changed its rules in 2014 to only allow women to labor in a tub after the ACOG's previous guideline. Dr. David Levene, an obstetrician-gynecologist with Monadnock OBGYN, said that at the time, about 10 percent of their deliveries were water births. Women had the option of getting out or delivering in the water, but their rules have since been changed.
Although there are many women find laboring in the water a relaxing and peaceful method for giving birth, But there's no research showing any health benefits for the mom or baby when he or she is born underwater.
