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The birthing of a baby is one of the most cherished moments of a woman’s life.  The experience of delivering a new life is like no other.Although it has an enormous amount of pain, most women agree that it is well worth it. 

As a San Diego midwife I would like to share with you a method that you might not be aware of.It is also known as waterbirth.

Waterbirth has been described as one of the gentlest ofmethods of deliveries.It utilizes and requires the use of a bath or pool that is heated.A few woman will just use the water for the pain of the labor part.This is done because the water that is heated is very pain relieving.It is relaxing to the tissues.

Other women will also delivery the baby through it.  They stay in the water all the way through delivery.  Even all the way through delivering the placenta.

The whole process is usuallly performed and helped by someone called a midwife.  If you are in San Diego there are plenty of midwives San Diego.  You will want to find an experienced one. 

Why do quite a few women pick this way of delivering over the hosptial method? As described earlier, delivery and the labor part is extremely painful.A lot of women nowadays use drugs to lessen the pain.  But for some women, they don’t want drugs for fear of harming the baby.  Using a waterbirth method helps with the pain.Because of the
heated water it soothes the tissues and helps with the pain.

Most women will go through this procedure naturally.They won’t ask or use any drugs to help lessen the pain of labor and delivery.  Often times this actually helps the labor happen faster.  Because the use of drugs usually slows down the labor. 

It is a safe alternative of delivery.For a few women who might want to have a natural birth this could be the method to go with.  I have seen many happy deliveries as a San Diego licensed midwife.  All it takes for a woman is to research and see
how safe it really is.

Pregnancy, what a special time for women.Well, except for the sickness.  But beyond that, the expectation of a new baby coming is exciting.

Usually, for most women, how to have the baby isn’t a big question.  Because most women will go the standard route of a medical procedure involving hospitals, drugs, and doctors.

But for some women, an alternative is available.That alternative is finding a midwife to help you have a baby the natural way.  And it is that alternative I am going to share from my experience as a San Diego midwife.

For those unfamiliar, midwives help women go through a natural delivery with no drugs.This usually means no doctors.

Often times midwives in San Diego perform these services at homes.Although, not known by most people, this way to deliver a baby is a safe and regulated alternative.

The midwives in this service industry are fully regulated.They can come in two forms which are a certified midwife or a licensed midwife, both of which are regulated and overseen by a board. 

Sometimes they can be nurse midwives, but that is not a requirement. 

This form of delivery is an option a lot of women choose and includes waterbirth in San Diego. Most of the time this choice is made by women who prefer not to have any drugs during delivery so that they can keep the new baby away from drugs.Also it is for women who want to avoid invasive procedures like episiotomys.

Well when making a huge decision on how you want to deliver your baby you want to make the right choices.With anything, you want to be sure you choose the right person.

Like I mentioned before, this is a highly regulated industry. With that being the case, finding a good licensed or certified midwife is easy. 

All you are going to need to do is get the contact information for your state regulatory board that oversees midwifery and you can easily find out if there have been any complaints or issues with your prospective midwife.

With this step, you can find out if it is a quality midwife and someone you can trust.It is still obvious that even though there are no complaints or reports about your midwife, you still want to verify some references. 

You will want to find that midwife whose client base only have high praises for them.  With something as intimate and important as a delivery following these few steps will help you find the right midwife for your delivery.

One of the sad effects of our modern day and age in medicine is how birth and delivery have become a medical procedure.

That might seem unusual to some because right off the bat people associate delivery with a medical event.  But that is the problem.It isn’t a medical event.It is an event that it is possible to keep it natural and private through alternate methods.  Women
should be notified to the fact there are alternate ways.

I would like to present one of those main alternatives from the perspective of a San Diego midwife.

That main alternate way is by having a homebirth midwife assisty you during your labor and delivery.  This practice is known as midwifery and there are plenty of midwives San Diego.

As the amount of c-sections and induction rates rise in hospitals, it has transformed a very happy moment of delivery into a possible negative experience.

That is a big factor of this push you see of women seeking more natural methods of delivery through midwives that are either certified or licensed.

Birth and the delivery shouldn’t necessarily include drugs, invasive procedures, private areas constantly being probled, etc.   It can be done safely and effectively in a home environment through that homebirth method or even a waterbirth San Diego method.

It is a service that does have high regulation.You are able to find out about the skill and experience of the midwife who you are considering hiring.

But getting over that stigma of not having a baby in a hospital takes education.But most women can see if they looked and through experience that statistics prove that a good amount of times having a baby in a hospital can negatively effect the process.From potent drugs that are used ot slow the pregnancy down, or used to increase the speed of the pregnancy.To having to be put through a c-section.Hopefully women are able to contrast and compare and see that there are successes in using a midwife.

So for women who seek to keep a birth and delivery a happy occasion, midwifery might be something to look into.

With the dawn of the internet age, being able to find information about the natural process is as simple as doing a search on the internet.

There they should be able to find helpful information of the process to help them fully understand.They are able to see if there are any safety issues and how they are handled.  And most of all they can see how they can truly keep child birth a momentous occasion that can happily and privately as possible.

Pregnancy and delivery; a source of joy and pain for the woman.Obviously there is joy because of the newborn baby, but any woman will tell you, it was a source of unspeakable pain.

Well because there is that pain involved, two schools of thought have come about on how to deal with labor and delivery.  I am going to offer some perspective on one particular school of thought that I have gained first hand experience with by being a homebirth midwife San Diego.

There is the medical model for delivery which is associated with drugs to kill the pain, and sometimes cesarean to complete the delivery.

There is one other model, though not as common or accepted, but for those that practice it and believe in it, consider it a safer alternative for the woman.

That model is called the midwifery model.That model is the exact opposite of the medical model which is usually used.The medical model is where you rely heavily on medicine, while the midwifery model relies on the natural.  Midwifery believes that pregnancy and delivery is a natural process and thus should be allowed to happen naturally.

This model is a profession practiced by midwives. Midwives San Diego are generally woman, who attend the birth, often times at the mother’s home.  This midwife would then assist the woman in trying to get through labor as naturally as possible without medicine.

Contrary to most people’s opinion, when medicine is not used during labor, it allows the labor to proceed much faster without the use of drugs to slow the labor down.

The midwife as a profession does have a regulatory board that licenses, certifies, and oversees the individual. 

Although a lot of the times they are not a nurse or a doctor, a midwife sometimes is a nurse also.

Even though they are not formal doctors or nurses, they will have some medical equipment for emergencies like resuscitation devices and equipment for suturing.

So in regards to pregnancy and delivery this is what a midwife is and generally what midwifery is about.

Their objective is to let the labor and delivery to occur as naturally as possible.This makes the likelihood of a c-section less likely.Does not subject you to hospital procedures that are invasive such as episiotomys.Less medical intrusion will be used such as drugs to speed up or slow the pregnancy or the breaking of the water.  And the best part of all that a woman will love, generally labor happens much quicker naturally.

My hope is that this information has given you more information on the benefits of midwifery and using a midwife in your pregnancy.  At the very least, hopefully it gives you more options to explore.  Remember this is first hand knowledge from a San Diego midwife.

Having the baby in your home? Who would even think of such a thing? Wasn’t that just back in the western days when doctor’s had to deliver babies at home out on the prairie?

Not quite.  There is a large group of women who are discovering the benefts of having a baby at home, or homebirth as it is sometimes called.

The practice of homebirths is usually called midwifery.  Although usually not nurses or doctors, the people who are in midwifery are professionally regulated.  I myself have seen the steady rise of homebirths through my practice as a San Diego certified midwife.

The people, generally women, who perform this line of work are called homebirth midwives.  Midwives is the term most people are familiar with and means a person who helps during childbirth by providing support of the labor and delivery.

Now why the midwife generally isn’t a doctor or nurse is because having your baby at home, or midwifery, is usually the belief that pregnancy and delivery are natural events.  This is contrasted with the medical model which believes that pregnancy and delivery should be accompanied by medicine to assist and improve the situation.

That out of the way, lets take a look at why women are having their babies at home.  What benefits are making women choose homebirths?

First off, with the continued presence of the midwife, the length of labor can be reduced.  Most women aren’t told that pain medications actually slows down the labor, even though it helps with the pain.  This in reality causes the pain and the labor to last much longer.

Second, midwifery techniques in reality reduce the need for forceps or other intrusive devices during delivery.  The technique of letting the birth and delivery to occur naturally is what reduces the need to use those devices.

Third, the possiblity of c-section deliveries are actually reduced.  Most c-sections happen when during labor, it was thought that a natural birth process was not possible.  Either because of the safety of the baby was in mind or the safety of the mother.  When in reality the complication was created because the natural birth process wasn’t allowed to happen.

These are 3 benefits when you have a natural homebirth.  There are many more, but I am sure most women in pregnancy would agree these are 3 huge benefits. 

  So even though some might call it strange to have a child at home, recent studies indicate that allowing a natural birth to happen is much safer for the mom and the baby.  With over 300 births attended as a homebirth midwife in San Diego, this has proven to be the case time and time again.