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PuppyJuice.com presents Into This World : Waterbirth Videos And Natural Homebirth Videos, your source for waterbirth videos and natural homebirth videos. Hand picked by our editors, only the best waterbirth videos and natural homebirth videos out there are put onto the "Into This World" section of our website. We've sifted through tons of waterbirth videos and homebirth videos, and have handpicked the best videos to use on our site. If you have a video you would like to see added to this section of our site, e-mail us a link to the video. You will find our contact information in the "Contact Us" link in the menu navigation bar. Put in the subject line of the e-mail "Post My Waterbirth / Natural Birth Video". Waterbirth is a method of giving birth, which involves immersion in warm water. Proponents believe that this method is safe and provides many benefits for both mother and infant, including pain relief and a less traumatic birth experience for the baby. However, critics argue that the waterbirth procedure introduces unnecessary risks to the infant such as infection and water inhalation. Childbirth can be a strenuous experience for the baby. Properly heated water helps to ease the transition from the birth canal to the outside world because the warm liquid resembles the familiar intra-uterine environment, and softens light, colors and noises. Waterbirth is accepted and practiced in many parts of the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as many European countries, including the United Kingdom and Germany, where many maternity clinics have birthing tubs. Many independent birthing centers and many home birth midwives offer waterbirth services. At present, waterbirth is often practiced by those who choose to have a home birth, because the majority of hospitals have not yet installed proper birth pools in their maternity wards. In 2006, Waterbirth International listed more than 300 U.S. hospitals that offered such facilities. At least two such hospitals were listed in the 2006 U.S. News and World Report "Honor Roll" of best U.S. hospitals: Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri and the University of Michigan hospital in Ann Arbor, MI. |
 Woman Gives Birth In A Bathtub
Into This World: Waterbirth ! A woman gives birth in a bathtub.
 Woman Gives Birth In A Pool
Into This World: Waterbirth ! A woman gives birth in a pool.
 Painful Waterbirth - Part 1 Of 2
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Painful waterbirth - Part 1 of 2.
 Painful Waterbirth - Part 2 Of 2
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Painful waterbirth - Part 2 of 2.
 18 Year Old Gives Birth In A Bathtub
Into This World: Waterbirth ! 18 year old gives birth in a bathtub. |
 Alies Waterbirth
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Alies Waterbirth.
 At Home Natural Birth Video In France
Into This World: Waterbirth ! At Home Natural Birth Video In France.
 Japanese At Home Natural Birth Video
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Japanese at home natural birth video.
 Woman Gives Birth In A Bathtub
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Woman Gives Birth In A Bathtub.
 At Home Natural Birth Video
Into This World: Waterbirth ! At home natural birth video. |
 At Home Natural Birth Video, Baby Delivery
Into This World: Waterbirth ! At home natural birth video, baby delivery.
 At Home Natural Birth Video, Birth At Home
Into This World: Waterbirth ! At home natural birth video, birth at home.
 Waterbirth Video, Giorgio Padraic's Freebirth
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Waterbirth video, Giorgio Padraic's freebirth.
 At Home Natural Birth Video, Homebirth
Into This World: Waterbirth ! At home natural birth video, homebirth.
 Waterbirth Video - The Birth Of Horus Francis Clark
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Waterbirth video - the birth of Horus Francis Clark. |
 Waterbirth Video - Woman Gives Birth In Clear Tub
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Woman gives birth in clear tub video.
 Waterbirth Video - Natural Waterbirth At Home
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Natural waterbirth at home video.
 Waterbirth Video - Waterbirth In A Bathtub
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Waterbirth in a bathtub video.
 Waterbirth Video - Waterbirth In A Blow Up Swimming Pool
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Waterbirth in a blow up swimming pool video.
 At Home Natural Birth Video - The Birth Of Khai Liam
Into This World: Waterbirth ! At home natural birth video - the birth of Khai Liam video. |
 Waterbirth Video - Waterbirth Step By Step
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Waterbirth step by step video.
 Waterbirth Video - Twin Waterbirth
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Twin waterbirth video.
 Waterbirth Video - Waterbirth In Bathtub
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Waterbirth in bathtub video.
 Waterbirth Video - Waterbirth In Holland
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Waterbirth in Holland video.
 Birth Video - India's Birth At Hospital Video
Into This World: Waterbirth ! Birth video, India's birth at hospital video. |
 Homebirth Video
Into This World: Waterbirth! Homebirth |
 Unassisted Homebirth Video
Into This World: Waterbirth! Unassisted Homebirth |
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During the 1960s, Soviet researcher Igor Charkovsky undertook considerable research into the safety and possible benefits of water birth in the Soviet Union. In the late 1960s, French obstetrician Frederick Leboyer developed the practice of immersing newly-born infants in warm water to help ease the transition from the womb to the outside world, and to mitigate the effects of any possible birth trauma. Another French obstetrician, Michel Odent, took Leboyer's work further, using the warm waterbirth pool for pain relief for the mother, and as a way to normalize the birth process. When some women refused to get out of the water to finish giving birth, Odent started researching the possible benefits for the baby of being born under water, as well as the potential problems in such births. By the late 1990s, thousands of women had given birth at Odent's birthing center at Pithiviers, and the notion of waterbirth had spread to many other Western countries. Waterbirth first came to the United States through couples giving birth at home or homebirths, but soon was introduced into the medical environment of hospitals and free-standing birth centers by midwives and obstetricians. In 1991, Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough, New Hampshire became the first USA hospital to create a protocol for giving birth in water. By 2005, there were over 9000 hospitals in the US that had adopted such protocols. More than three-quarters of all National Health Service hospitals in the UK provide this option for laboring women. The benefits of waterbirth and its history among some primitive peoples have been advanced as evidence in support of the aquatic ape hypothesis. Considerable research has been undertaken into the safety of waterbirth. Two of the most prolific researchers have been Michel Odent and the American obstetrician Michael Rosenthal. Dianne Garland, a midwife in the UK, has focused on gathering research through the National Health Service system, and has published a book called, Waterbirth: An Attitude to Care. In the US, Barbara Harper, a nurse and childbirth educator, has explored waterbirth throughout the world, and chronicled the history and current use of waterbirth in dozens of countries in her book, Gentle Birth Choices. Waterbirth is an effective form of pain management during labor and delivery. Waterbirth is a form of hydrotherapy which, in studies, has been shown to be an effective form of pain management for a variety of conditions especially lower back pain (a common complaint of women in labor). In an appraisal of 17 randomized trials, two controlled studies, 12 cohort studies, and two case reports, it was concluded that there was a definite "benefit from hydrotherapy in pain, function, self-efficacy and affect, joint mobility, strength, and balance, particularly among older adults, subjects with rheumatic conditions and chronic low back pain,". When compared with conventional pain management techniques for labor and delivery (e.g. anesthesia and narcotics), hydrotherapy is also possibly a safer alternative. In studies, epidural anesthesia (EDA) is correlated with an increased rate of instrumental (e.g. forceps in childbirth) delivery rates and also cesarean section rates. Full immersion in water promotes physiological responses in the mother that reduce pain including a redistribution of blood volume, which stimulates the release of oxytocin and vasopressin, the latter which also increases oxytocin blood levels. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has found that "the statistically significant reduction in maternal perception of pain and in the rate of epidural analgesia suggest that water immersion during the first stage of labour is beneficial for some women. No evidence was found that this benefit was associated with poorer outcomes for babies or longer labours." It has also been found that in waterbirths the buoyancy of the mother and the baby allow for a gravitational pull. This pull not only opens up the mother's pelvis but also allows the baby to descend more easily. Waterbirth is believed to aid stretching of the perineum and decrease the risk of skin tears. Support from the water slows crowning of the infant's head and offers perineal support, which decreases the risk of tearing and reduces the use of episiotomy, a surgical procedure which can cause a number of complications. Indeed, there is a zero episiotomy rate in the waterbirth literature. Moreover, perineal trauma is reported to be generally less severe, with more intact perineums for multips, but in some literature about the same frequency of tears for primips in or out of the water. A review of the literature on waterbirth suggests that any controversy in the medical community stems from OBGYN and pre-natal care providers who generally support waterbirth, on the one hand, and pediatric specialists who criticize waterbirth, on the other. While this is by no means a universal divide, it appears to correlate with the "do no harm" credo. The American Academy of Pediatrics 2005 statement on waterbirth explains that because to date there is no adequate randomized controlled study to demonstrate any benefit to the newborn (only concern over possible complications), when parents are informed about waterbirth, risks (rather than benefits) should be stressed. However, on the other hand, studies have shown that laboring in water does offer significant benefits to the mother (as cited above). While as of 2006 the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists had not taken an official position on waterbirth, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives explicitly support, "Immersion in water during labour and birth,". Studies that are critical of waterbirth generally object to or cite evidence from "poorly managed" or un-monitored waterbirth by inexperienced care providers. Another concern is that the water could increase the risk of infection. In a randomized controlled trial of the effects of water labor in Canada, no difference was noted in the low rates of maternal and newborn signs of infection in women with ruptured membranes. Due to the rigorous protocols for cleaning birthing tubs between labors (especially in hospitals), there is little (if any) risk of transferring bacteria from infant to mother or mother to infant. In a 1999 study of bacterial cultures carried out at the Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital, there were no instances of bacteria cultured from the waterbirth pool itself. While Pseudomonas bacteria (common in tap water) were present, even those infants that tested positive for the bacteria needed no treatment for infections. Due to the documented relaxing effects of water, laboring in water is sometimes associated with a decrease in the intensity of contractions, and is thus thought to slow labor. While homebirth experts argue that this must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, some hospitals have adopted a 5 centimeter rule, allowing women to enter the tub only once the cervix has already expanded to 5 centimeters. For care providers who are inexperienced in delivery in waterbirths, it may be difficult to assess the amount of maternal blood loss. While well-developed methods of determining maternal blood loss in water do exist, many providers prefer to deliver the placenta "on land" for this reason. On the other hand, some doctors and midwives see that waterbirths have actually been known to reduce the amount of blood loss. The water surrounding the mother actually lowers the mother's blood pressure and heart rate. Mothers still lose significant amount of blood through the passing of the placenta. |
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