Hearing the word water birth will bring us to the perception of a method of deliveries performed in the water. Most of us in Indonesia consider underwater childbirth method is a new method when in fact the water birth method has been known long before. Water birth method was first performed in the Soviet Union in the 60’s by Igor Tjarkovsky, to further water birth was developed in France at the end of the 1960s, and in the United States in 1961.

Is Water Birth?
In principle, delivery by method of water birth is not much different from the normal delivery method on the bed, only on the method of water birth deliveries done in the water while in the regular labor performed on the bed. Another difference is in labor on the bed, expectant mothers will feel much more pain when compared with delivery using the method of water birth. Some say delivery by a water birth can reduce the pain until it reaches 40-70%.

Method of Water Birth

At birth water birth method, expectant mothers will be fed into a pool of warm water at the time of entering the openings into the sixth. The goal for the skin of the vagina become thinner and more elastic so it will be easier to stretch when the baby’s head out through the vagina, said even if the birth goes well then no need to have to tear the perineum (vaginal lips. In addition, warm water in the pond will also provide a sense of comfortable, quiet and relaxed, in this relaxed state your body will release endorphins (morphine like that formed by the body itself) to reduce pain. warm water is also able to inhibit impulses – impulses that conduct nerve pain, thus making the delivery is not so heavy .

At birth in water, the husband also has a very important role in the smooth delivery, that is by doing the massage on her back which aims to provide a sense of relaxation and comfort to the mother during labor done in the pond. Maternity by water birth method lasts approximately 1-2 hours after opening the sixth in which the normal delivery takes up to 8 hours.

Then after the baby is born then the doctor will pick up the baby to the surface water to give breast milk first. Most mothers sometimes feel worried their baby would choke, but actually it will not happen because when the baby is outside, the baby is still breathing through the epidermis – placenta and umbilical cord is still connected to the mother’s abdomen, so it will not be a problem for infants who was born in the water.