Yes please, very interested!

Yes do it lol

Yes!!

Yes please!

Yes!

You are right to worry about childbirth because despite what the crunchy granola people say, it still can be incredibly dangerous even though it’s “natural” and we were “made for it.” I had 2 very dangerous labors myself. Although I used pain relief in the form of epidural which I highly recommend btw, if you are into a water birth setting this can be a better way to do that since you are still in the hospital in case something goes wrong.

@@ashleighsparkle8810 There is so much misinformation in this one comment 😂😂 1) Dangerous births are highly dependent on the woman. The fact you had 2 isn’t the norm at all and you may have a condition. 2) Get an epidural if you need it but avoid it if you can bear the pain because it really slows labour down and stops you from being able to get in positions where the baby can come out faster. Recovery is also slower and I know many women who feel long term pain from the injection site or have it not work properly.

Yeah this is common in the UK!! I’ve considered it but idk😅 Knowing people who’ve had infections from it it makes me doubt it’s very sterile?

@@potato1084 that’s the biggest issue to be honest. The water may be something you could sterilize but after you put a person on there it’s certainly not

​@@potato1084 pushing was soo much easier with no epidural the epidural made me have such a hard time pushing i didn't use it with my second

Ya why didn’t they pick him up immediately?

Literally nobody cares but you

@@NoThankUBeQuietthen why say anything if you don’t care?

Considering if i one day decide to have a child :D i love water and knowing that i won't have a doctor around that area while trying to get my little one out *and* the force of gravity helping them get out would be much easier.

​@@NoThankUBeQuietbro shut up I asked I was interested This is a comment section get yo dry ass out of here

@@NoThankUBeQuietlooks like about 447 other people cared.. but okay buddy

I know these facilities are rare but where I live (German city) we have a so called birthing house that’s directly attached to a hospital. That way you can get the best of both worlds, the comfort and caring environment of the birthing house and the safety and medical care from the hospital next door. Maybe there are similar facilities where you live

@@piau1798 That’s such an innovative idea. I don’t know how many of those we have in America, but I’d definitely consider that if it were an option.

​@@missmollyc birthing centers

You don't have PTSD. Stop being a baby

Labor and Delivery wards are a lot nicer than general hospital rooms normally. They try to make them look a little homier.

It's brilliant! Your body tension is reduced so much by being in water I bet it was the least stressful way to have your sweet baby!

Did you get an epidural?

@@ArtByLaCo I didn't. A person can't get an epidural if she's going to give birth in water. When I gave birth to my first baby, I laboured in water and then got out to push. I didn't get an epidural that time either, but could have. That way you can combine the relaxing effect of water and medical pain relief 😊

Cool

Is it more expensive to do water labor?

Same. A woman risks her life every time she gets pregnant. So many women have died from pregnancy complications and childbirth.

Your able to move in positions more comfortable for you to. Laying on your back is only for the doctor's convenience it is actually not a natural birthing position.

Honestly, in my opinion, motherhood is overrated. So many people love the IDEA of having kids but once it's a reality, they are absolutely miserable. It's so much more common than people realize, but it's not socially acceptable to talk about it.

​@@missjo2036It's also the most painful position, and the labor progresses slower laying on your back.

Water births are often called “natures epidural” even if you’re able to receive pain management in labor, definitely do homework and see if a water birth feels right for you! It’s a great transition from womb to world. Also congratulations 💚

I like water births but knowing how many people got infections from it I’d be hesitant. 😭

​@@potato1084 it's not as many as you think because if it was it wouldn't be an option

My cousin used water birth for all of her 10 kids. Her husband delivered them as well. I've watched a few of their videos and she never looked like she was in pain.

@@asherrogers2687 she definitely has a high pain tolerance but she's amazing

They are only doing their job... "I wasn't allowed to stay there." Of course you can't stay there! It's not hygienic. I can't with this, honestly. They don't try to make you uncomfortable, there are rules.

​@@itzelmontalvo6645 honey, birth is not hygienic. And the amount of being told what to do that happens in labor can irritate and discomfort the laboring mother so much that her labor stalls hours and possibly days. The ease and comfort of doctors and nurses should NOT be the priority during labor, but it's what it is because of what our medical system has become.

​@Itzel Montalvo a doctor and nurse make suggestions they cannot make you do anything. If I wanted to stay in that birthing tub i will and I would only move if another mother was using it next. They can't force you to do anything you don't want too.

​@@itzelmontalvo6645 tell me you don't understand labor and delivery without telling me you don't understand labor and delivery.

@@tickley42 exactly priority should be the damn patient! But we have a culture where the egos with degrees matter more!

Yup i have squatted in a hot bath before to help relieve constipation. Hot water does wonders

You can't eat if you have an epidural. Well, they will bring you a tray of clear liquids. But seriously, if you start throwing up, you don't want a bunch of stuff in there.

Fr when I saw that I 😍

Yes! 30 hours of labor with only ice chips allowed, ridiculous and glad it is outdated.

my hospital starved me smh. I just gave birth 7 months ago

I agree, but it’s usually not up to the individual doctors, it’s the hospital policy. Often doctors will recommend that you stay at home and eat for as long as possible because they can’t let you eat once you are admitted.

Oh it doesn’t have to be that way! I highly recommend an old book called Childbirth Without Fear by Grantley Dick-Reid. It totally changed the way I labored with the rest of my babies. Also, drastically reduced the pain.

4x mom here. At the hospital I've delivered at the no food/only clear liquids applies to those with an epidural

If you’re having a water birth, you’re low risk so it’s highly unlikely that it will matter.

A couple days ago Mama Dr Jones made a video about this!

@@veronicagarette3355 ah thank you!! Yes I’ve heard of the no food policy even for low risk moms so have been wondering! Will watch now!

Mama doctor Jones has a really good and detailed video about this topic!

You can still do this! You would have to advocate for yourself, but you can get in and out about 15 minutes on the monitor 30 minutes in the tub if everything looks OK. There will be pushback less because of risk and more because it is a but more work for the nurses. But your pushing a whole darn human out of your lady parts be inconvenient AF and proud of it if this is what you want. I was "high risk" with my daughter and still got intermittent monitoring. I got bullied out of the shower with scare tactics and regret being so passive and not pushing back as i really affected how I felt about my birth experience later

Omg.. they say that giving birth is like running a marathon. We need fuel for that :( may I ask you, were you admitted and stayed at the hospital for 26 hours?

Yes! I could only have ice chips, too. And I went in for induction, so they told me not to eat for HOURS before even getting to the hospital. The worst!

@@AR-fb1nw I had the same experience. Laboring moms are usually admitted at a certain level of dilation where I live. But if that dilation stalls, as it often does in the hospital, you can be laboring for many hours while admitted. I was only in hospital for the final 6 hrs of my labor and they didn’t let me eat either. I was also in the same facility in the ER for a suspected miscarriage recently and they would not let me eat for over 8 hours. I was weak, shaky, and had a headache and nausea but they wouldn’t let me even have juice. Like my blood sugar was probably quite low. An angel nurse snuck me heating pads and a juice box. I would not have been able to drive home if not. I would got to another hospital but all the hospitals in like 100 miles of me are owned by the same company. 🙃🙃🙃🙃

​@@AR-fb1nw Every hospital I know does this. It's terrible.

Same.. my longest labor was 21 hours..starving after? Understatement

That would be the coolest random flex lol

Happy for you🥰♥️

Trying to kill you how?

@@laurs5551 very long story very short: I had postpartum haemorrhage. I los consciousness too and don’t remember much except that I thought I was going to die and I just kept thinking of my husband being a dad. For months after I had to return for transfusions of blood and iron. It was the strangest thing I could barely walk for weeks and even turning or shifting in bed was near impossible in the beginning. It was a complete nightmare.

Very similar for me! I had 8 but only 3 were in the water (#5-#7). I cried when my last one came so fast that the tub wasn’t ready. 😩 Thankfully he was born 2 min later.

Tub was closed cause of covid? Sounds like as much bollox as the virus itself lmao. Would the bath cause covid?😂

Not weird at all! I have a friend who was fascinated with birth as a child and now she's a labor and delivery nurse too!

It depends on how risky the labour is, and some doctors may have different thoughts on what risk they think a patient should take. Obviously it absolutely sucks not being able to eat or drink properly, but it’s done to keep mom and baby safe. Anytime a surgery is scheduled, the patient typically needs to fast for 8-12hrs if they’re going to be put to sleep, and if the patient doesn’t follow this then their surgery gets cancelled because eating even a single slice of toast can raise the risk of vomiting and aspirating while unconscious (and unconscious people have no gag reflex or ability to clear their own airway). So when a doc says no food or water for mom, it’s so that if something happens then mom has a higher chance of being okay if she needs emergency surgery. After the labour when the concern of needing emergency surgery is past, mom can eat and drink. In the video she did also say that only the women with very low risk pregnancies were allowed to do it, so that might be why they were allowed to eat and drink as well. It’s a risk for mom and the doctor to take though, so not every doctor will allow that risk to be taken, and not every mom will want to take the risk even if it’s an incredibly low risk.

Why couldn’t you have food and drink? Even if the hospital don’t provide that sort of things there usually a cafeteria I would have sent my husband to buy something.

​@@emikookime1849C sections don't require the mother to be put to sleep; they haven't for years. They use local anesthesia which is completely unaffected by whether or not you ate. Not being allowed to eat during labor is an old medical practice that simply hasn't been updated in most places, but that seems to be a lot of women's medicine.

How did it go?

@@AwesomeTimeTraveler everything went great, I had a beautiful baby boy naturally with no pain meds🥰🥰

@Abigail Powell Congratulations 🎊 😊

An option? An option is whatever you say and do lol half these nurses just want birth to be more painful or put you in a position to need c section so they can make money

Can you explain the traction part??

@@princesslunar9091 I felt like I was too ‘floaty’ and just wanted something more grounding

@@eve_63 ah, okay, I get it now. Thank you :)

Aw. I felt that way when we moved out of our house where I had birthed 3 of our kids. Some of my absolute favorite memories were in that house!