HappyHeart Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Also worth pointing out that all bar specialist registrars and consultants will be far less experienced in obs & gynae than the midwives, taking much direction from the midwives and on clinical rotations of sometimes 12 weeks or less.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blossom Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 I know I'm only a bloke but water births have no proven benefits and are extremely dangerous and can be deadly so I think it would be reckless to consider one. You'll be glad to know I had an appointment with another obstetrician this morning. I asked him his opinion on water births from a drs point of view. Told him I'd read some negative reports etc. He said that if your not of a high bmi, and you listen to your midwife then as far as he's concerned they are amazing. He said the risks come where people are so set on a water birth that if something isn't going well and the midwife wants them out the water they refuse. He said as long as I listen to my midwife (he asked who mine was and said she's great. She'll tell me straight lol) then it's perfectly safe. It also has the benefits of relaxing the mum and lowers your chance of tearing. Second dr to recommend it, as well as midwives, so I'll stick with my plan thanks. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 That's great to hear Blossom. Best of luck, I'm sure you will have a wonderful birth. Is this your first ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blossom Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 That's great to hear Blossom.Best of luck, I'm sure you will have a wonderful birth. Is this your first ? It is indeed. :-o It still doesn't feel real. Even being kicked constantly, having a stomach, having scans every four weeks etc. I just can't imagine there is a baby in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest littlesarah Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Really? I reckon this is an urban myth, lol, it hurts like hell...take all the drugs they offer you Blossom...why suffer? They don't give you any credit for doing so (and the post natal midviwes are stingy as with the meds so get em while you can:) In the public hospital where I had Baby Little I had to convince the midwives that no, I really didn't want/need more pain meds! Though I had a Caesar so had beenwritten up for Endone, but my friends who had normal delivery tell me they were offered paracetamol + ibuprofen every few hours. I'd also add that the mode of delivery really doesn't seem so important once you have the baby - one of my friends was really quite badly affected by having to have an emergency Caesar at the time (feelings of failure, etc), but now she says she wishes she'd focussed a bit less on how baby arrived. A few women I've met clearly didn't understand that 'elective' means 'planned' (not necessarily 'I don't want to push') & I got a few raised eyebrows from those mums. Though now they understand that the usual reason for planned surgical delivery is medical & only to ensure safety of mum and/or bub. Anyhoo, even just 6 months later we're all more interested in just enjoying baby before back to work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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