is water birth good for a first time mother

newmom26

this is my first child and i've praying for everything to go right from now til i have my child plus through out his/her life but i was wonder for all the other mother who had their children already from waterbirth, do you think it's good for a first time mother to do because i do want to have a natural child birth with no meds or anything but was also looking in waterbirth, i just haven't read of many first time mother taking the route, what's everybody opinion???

blissmarie23

Yes

blissmarie23

The water is extremely helpful in relaxing your muscles. You may want to walk dance sway or be generally upright for a while until you've dialated to about 4-5 cm though so you get into a good patern of active labor.

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loveourlittleone

I'm pregnant with our first and I'm hoping for a natural water birth too. I've never heard a bad thing about water births.

cherry_bump

My first and I'm planning to have a water birth in birthing pool or one of the baths

Jojom

This its my first too and I'm also wanting a natural birth without and meds. I've heard great things about the water births and I'm hoping that my hospital offers it.

lucky7

This will be my 5th and I love being in the water while im in labor I stay in the shower till its time to walk out the door.idk if I have the option but I've been looking into it and I read in a couple places that when the baby takes its 1st couple breaths if it breathes in the tub water it can get phnemonia.does anyone know anything about this?

krissilynn24

A lot of hospital don't offer it but mine offers a Jacuzzi tubs and showers that lead up to the birth. I will be taking advantage of them and I still don't want to use any meds.

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lucky7

@uncaffeinated_katie thank u for that info.do u know if they able to still swallow the water though?