Women who had water births, tell me about your experience?

Women who had water births: can you tell me about your experience?

• I want to have a natural birth, and a water birth seems like a great option because the warm water relaxes muscles, relieves pain, and helps the mother concentrate (I'm not pregnant yet, but I'm taking a class in college about this stuff). So mothers who have had a water birth, please tell me about your experience(s) with it. Would you recommend it? Did you try other methods with other pregnancies? Which method would you recommend?

• Answer:

  Absolutely! It's very relaxing for the situation your in. It's still tough no denying that but it's very beneficial for mother and baby. The water softens the tissue up so that when you give birth there is little to no tearing, the baby isn't forced into bright light lots of people and loud noises it's very easy for them, most of the time they don't end up crying because of how easy it is for them. The hot water also can act as a pain killer for contractions. Although they don't let you in to the water till your pretty dialated because the water can reverse the effects of the dialation and send you backwards. But yes I love water birth, make sure to do lots and lots of research and get a very experienced midwife to help you through it:)