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21:05:14 |
Webmama_Tina |
This week's
chat is with Barbara Harper-- Founder
and director of Waterbirth International
Resource and Referral Service, Barbara
has been researching and documenting
waterbirth and gentle birth since 1983.
An internationally recognized expert,
she lectures and consults in hospitals
and universities. She is the author of
Gentle Birth Choices (2005) and the
producer of the videos Gentle Birth
Choices and Birth Into Being. |
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21:07:16 |
Webmama_Tina |
barbara did
you have anything you wanted to add to
your intro? |
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21:07:46 |
waterbirthqueen |
I am also an
experienced midwife and mother of three
children, two of whom where born at home
in water |
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21:08:22 |
waterbirthqueen |
my boys are
now 22 and 20 and my baby just left for
college (again) yesterday. |
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21:08:27 |
Webmama_Tina |
aww |
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21:08:28 |
Webmama_Tina |
:) |
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21:08:41 |
SandraMort |
? |
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21:08:45 |
Webmama_Tina |
ok mamas, if
you have a question for barbara, please
post a single question mark and we can
get started |
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21:08:51 |
Webmama_Tina |
ok sandra,
you're up first! go for it! |
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21:09:09 |
SandraMort |
Ready? |
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21:09:16 |
Webmama_Tina |
yup, go for
it |
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21:10:21 |
SandraMort |
Background
information: I have three kids, all
born at home. Labor was 7h, 3.5h and 1h
at 38w, 42w and 42.5w I had a fishy
pool for 1 & 2 and an aquadoula (SO much
nicer) for 3. |
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21:10:36 |
waterbirthqueen |
okay |
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21:10:41 |
SandraMort |
I labored in
the water for each and got out for
different reasons each time, despite
wanting to birth in the water. |
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21:11:22 |
SandraMort |
I have four
bad discs in my lower back, therefore
excruciating torturously agonizing back
pain in labor and would really really
like to have water as an option for this
upcoming birth, however... |
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21:11:50 |
Breeze4869 |
hello |
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21:11:57 |
Webmama_Tina |
hello
breeze! |
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21:11:58 |
waterbirthqueen |
the
promotion of waterbirth is wonderful and
has been my life for many years but.... |
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21:12:01 |
Webmama_Tina |
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21:12:04 |
Breeze4869 |
hey tina! |
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21:12:14 |
SandraMort |
I have a
small NYC apartment and a toddler and
don't really know how I can devote the
space to a pool for a month, much less
something that will be unsafe to be
unsupervised around a toddler. |
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21:12:28 |
SandraMort |
I'd love to
get a japanese soaking tub, sizewise
they're perfect.... |
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21:12:28 |
waterbirthqueen |
not every
mother and baby want to birth in the
water |
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21:12:31 |
Webmama_Tina |
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21:12:44 |
SandraMort |
but I don't
think they're available for rent. |
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21:12:51 |
SandraMort |
Do you have
any suggestions? |
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21:13:21 |
waterbirthqueen |
On what
kinds of birth pools to look at? |
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21:13:45 |
SandraMort |
or any other
brainstorming... |
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21:13:57 |
SandraMort |
there could
be an easy solution i'm not seeing. |
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21:13:58 |
waterbirthqueen |
The only one
that I can think of that would match
your needs for \covered and locked\" and
ready and waiting for a fast labor is
the Spa in a Box" |
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21:14:01 |
SandraMort |
nod |
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21:14:10 |
SandraMort |
whch is 5'
across? |
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21:14:16 |
SandraMort |
that's kinda
big :( |
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21:14:21 |
waterbirthqueen |
Many women
set it up an have it running, but locked |
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21:14:53 |
SandraMort |
I'd have to
get rid of the dining room table -- can
I eat on it? ;) |
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21:14:58 |
waterbirthqueen |
yes, large,
but you need that size for adequate
relaxation and stretching out and
getting into any position the baby
dictates in his/her movements |
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21:15:28 |
SandraMort |
oh, I know
the theory... i'm just trying to figure
out how to make it work in this small
space |
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21:15:40 |
waterbirthqueen |
I replaced
my dinning room table in one home with
an outdoor hottub - right in my dinning
room!! |
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21:15:47 |
SandraMort |
nod |
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21:15:52 |
SandraMort |
that's
basically where i'd have to put it |
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21:16:00 |
waterbirthqueen |
we used to
have buffets on it - candlabras and
everything |
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21:16:14 |
SandraMort |
would an
outdoor hot tub keep the water hot? I'd
have to keep it filled for weeks... |
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21:16:20 |
SandraMort |
i mean,
changing water now and then, of course |
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21:16:21 |
waterbirthqueen |
it is soooo
worth the relaxation and even the hassle |
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21:16:27 |
SandraMort |
not worried
about the hassle, really |
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21:16:32 |
waterbirthqueen |
the spa in
the box keeps the water warm. |
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21:16:41 |
waterbirthqueen |
you don't
want HOT water for birth |
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21:16:43 |
SandraMort |
are those
aviailable for rent? |
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21:16:49 |
SandraMort |
don't want
cold in feb, though. |
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21:16:55 |
waterbirthqueen |
that is the
one thing that makes women get out the
most is the water is too hot for them |
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21:17:07 |
SandraMort |
can't say i
ever wanted to get out :) |
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21:17:16 |
waterbirthqueen |
yes, the Spa
in a Box is available for rent on our
website
www.waterbirth.org |
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21:17:27 |
SandraMort |
Thanks to
hot water, I was able to birth an 11 lb
baby over an intact perineum |
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21:17:37 |
SandraMort |
but castor
oil led to some leaking, so i had to get
out after he crowned |
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21:17:37 |
waterbirthqueen |
yay!!!! |
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21:17:50 |
waterbirthqueen |
I would not
have asked you to get out |
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21:17:53 |
SandraMort |
water -
excellent. I will look into it, thank
you. Any other tips I should keep in
mind? |
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21:18:03 |
SandraMort |
Yeah,
retrospectively, I should have stayed
in, but it was sooooo fast |
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21:18:06 |
SandraMort |
65 minutes
total |
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21:18:26 |
waterbirthqueen |
you must
keep the water clean and we have a whole
procedure for that |
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21:18:36 |
SandraMort |
the web site
details that? |
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21:18:41 |
waterbirthqueen |
I would be
happy to email you the procedure or
discuss it with you |
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21:19:09 |
SandraMort |
fantastic,
i'll be in touch :) I'm only 16w pg, so
I've got plenty of time... esp if this
one goes 42+ weeks again! |
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21:19:10 |
waterbirthqueen |
when are you
due - Feb?? |
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21:19:14 |
SandraMort |
no, jan |
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21:19:20 |
SandraMort |
but i don't
expect him/her until feb. |
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21:19:22 |
waterbirthqueen |
okay |
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21:19:34 |
waterbirthqueen |
yes, with
your history of late babies |
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21:19:38 |
SandraMort |
i evicted
the third at 42.5 weeks and would like
to avoid doing that again if possible |
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21:19:41 |
SandraMort |
blech |
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21:19:47 |
waterbirthqueen |
i stand
corrected - babies who come when they
choose!! |
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21:20:01 |
SandraMort |
<grin> |
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21:20:16 |
SandraMort |
This one's
gonna be 14 lbs and i'll sneeze her out,
I'm sure. LOl |
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21:20:17 |
Webmama_Tina |
mamas, if
you have a question for barbara, just
post a single question mark so we can
add you to the queue\ |
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21:20:24 |
Webmama_Tina |
lol sandra |
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21:20:35 |
SandraMort |
tina -
seriously, if the time halves again?!?
LOL |
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21:20:36 |
Breeze4869 |
? |
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21:20:41 |
SandraMort |
anyway,
thank you. |
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21:20:41 |
Webmama_Tina |
wowee |
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21:20:47 |
waterbirthqueen |
you are
welcome |
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21:20:50 |
Webmama_Tina |
breeze, go
ahead, you're next |
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21:20:59 |
waterbirthqueen |
my phone
number is 800-641-2229 |
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21:21:03 |
Breeze4869 |
sand can i
come to new york and watch :D |
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21:21:07 |
Webmama_Tina |
current
chatter: Breeze4869 |
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21:21:09 |
waterbirthqueen |
ask the
girls to put you right through |
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21:21:13 |
Cristin-N-Bella-PG |
lmao |
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21:21:18 |
Bethn2kidspg |
lol |
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21:21:34 |
Breeze4869 |
i promise to
give good back massage and use pressure
points! |
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21:21:36 |
waterbirthqueen |
I have been
helping women get into hot water for 23
years |
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21:21:50 |
waterbirthqueen |
I could use
a good massage right now |
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21:22:01 |
waterbirthqueen |
where are
you Breese |
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21:22:03 |
Webmama_Tina |
breeze, go
ahead with your question for barabar |
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21:22:08 |
Webmama_Tina |
barbara |
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21:22:10 |
Webmama_Tina |
lol can't
type |
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21:22:16 |
Breeze4869 |
hehehe |
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21:22:32 |
Breeze4869 |
i asked my
question! lol |
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21:22:40 |
Cristin-N-Bella-PG |
as long as
i've been alive, barbara ;) |
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21:22:40 |
waterbirthqueen |
okay |
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21:22:48 |
Webmama_Tina |
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