Water birth enables women to give birth in the way their bodies were designed.
“We were not designed to give birth under water!” I can hear you say!
I am loving the current series of “The British Bake Off” and seeing all those amazing cakes puts me in mind of a birth I attended at home!
Being an Independent Midwife has allowed me to care for a small caseload and in that way I can get to know each woman really well and more importantly they get to know me.
Here at UK Birth Centres Ltd we understand that your birth experience is extremely important because not only does it shape how you transition into being a Mother but will remain with you for the rest of your life. We the midwives at UK Birth Centres are passionate about supporting women, listening to your hopes and dreams and helping to optimise your birth experience which it now turns out is going to have a lifelong beneficial effect on your baby!
At times you will have a pregnancy journey that is veering away from the straight forward route and when this happens you can feel that you have very little choice but to go along with the medical interventions even though they were not part of your birth plan. This can lead to feelings of powerlessness and a perception that you are not being heard!
I believe that women are wonderfully designed to give birth so when they are supported by midwives with whom they have developed a relationship of trust then amazing births will happen. My philosophy of trust in the physiology of birth differs from the Medical model of child birth that proliferates in our health care system. The medical model believes that birth is only normal in retrospect and is fraught with potential problems that need fixing at any moment! This form of care appears to disempower women and leads to the use of phrases such as “I was not allowed” or “I had to have and induction” evidence that the women did not have any choice in the matter.
Water birth enables women to give birth in the way their bodies were designed. I feel that birth pools have brought a special quality to the environment of birth, helping midwives get back to the roots of being with women.
Louise Taylor, Midwife from UK Birth Centres is holding a home birth and water birth information day for Mum's to be on 22/5/14 at Heswall Hall Community Centre, Wirral. If you would be interested in attending, please book your FREE PLACE by either emailing info@ukbirthcentres.com or by calling 0800 3800 579.
Jo Watson, Midwife from UK Birth Centres is holding an information day for Mum’s to be on water birth and home birth. If you would be interested in attending, can you please book your free place by either emailing info@ukbirthcentres.com or by calling 0800 3800 579.
You might think it is odd that I have called this blog “silence” when most people’s idea of birth is anything but silent. However I am are here to introduce you to a wonderful hormone called Oxytocin. It is produced by the pituitary gland and it is the driving force behind natural birth.