Water Birth
Imagine the calm serenity of a warm, luxurious bath. The water slowly moves around
you supporting and comforting your birthing body.
Imagine, instead of your baby being born into a brash, cold world, he gently arrives in a warm blanket of water and floats to the surface to be welcomed by dad and comforted by mom.
Water birth is truly a magical thing to witness and a serenely empowering way to birth. I highly recommend the gentle process of birthing your baby in water. Many hospitals and birth centers around the country allow for mothers to birth their babies in water. However, this is typically not the case in our area. The Lansing region, though, is very fortunate to have this option at the Greenhouse Birthcenter. It is possible to progress through thinning and opening phase in the tub, and then transition nicely into the birthing phase.
Water Birth Benefits:
· Facilitates mobility and enables mother to assume any position which is comfortable for labor and birth
· Speeds up labor
· Reduces blood pressure
· Gives mother more feelings of control
· Provides support and comfort for mother
· Promotes relaxation · Conserves her energy
· Reduces the need for drugs and interventions
· Gives mother a private protected space
· Reduces perineal trauma and episiotomies
· Reduces cesarean section rates
· Is highly rated by mothers - typically stating they would consider giving birth in water again
· Is highly rated by experienced providers
· Encourages an easier birth for mother and a gentler welcome for baby
Imagine, instead of your baby being born into a brash, cold world, he gently arrives in a warm blanket of water and floats to the surface to be welcomed by dad and comforted by mom.
Water birth is truly a magical thing to witness and a serenely empowering way to birth. I highly recommend the gentle process of birthing your baby in water. Many hospitals and birth centers around the country allow for mothers to birth their babies in water. However, this is typically not the case in our area. The Lansing region, though, is very fortunate to have this option at the Greenhouse Birthcenter. It is possible to progress through thinning and opening phase in the tub, and then transition nicely into the birthing phase.
Water Birth Benefits:
· Facilitates mobility and enables mother to assume any position which is comfortable for labor and birth
· Speeds up labor
· Reduces blood pressure
· Gives mother more feelings of control
· Provides support and comfort for mother
· Promotes relaxation · Conserves her energy
· Reduces the need for drugs and interventions
· Gives mother a private protected space
· Reduces perineal trauma and episiotomies
· Reduces cesarean section rates
· Is highly rated by mothers - typically stating they would consider giving birth in water again
· Is highly rated by experienced providers
· Encourages an easier birth for mother and a gentler welcome for baby
