i have spent the day bombarding him with links and videos from that earlier link ambersky posted and just from google. i also found a beautiful hypnobirthing waterbirth vid on youtube that i sent him. he wouldnt know where to start, he would prob ask his mum (who is a midwife at the hospital where im birthing) and her response would be along the lines of it can help, or it can be better... something very vague and hospitally. she is pretty conservative in her birth opinions so he tends to follow her lead. thankfully most of the midwives at the hosp are pretty open with birth choices (babyfriendly accredited or something) otheriwse i would be homebirthing. i am seeing the midwife on tues so i will be asking her for any hosp info they have on waterbirth.
I was just going to post the link that HotI shared with you. The article that Kelly wrote has a lot of good info.
Also, it might help for him to think about what exactly worries him about waterbirth. You'll be in the water labouring for a couple hours, most likely, (it helps a LOT, IMO!) but in most cases, as soon as the baby is born, you scoop them up onto your chest, so baby is in the water for only a few seconds. Babies don't breathe under water, and in any case, the baby is still being supplied with oxygen from the placenta. So there's not really any reason to worry about the baby. Fetal monitoring can be done intermittently with a doppler just like with a "land" delivery.
Some midwives are not familiar enough with water birth to assess blood loss in the water, so you might have to get out fairly soon after baby is delivered, just so that they can be sure about how much you're bleeding. That's the only real concern that I can think of for you with a waterbirth. And if the midwife is familiar with waterbirth, that wouldn't be an issue either. But you'll probably be ready to get out fairly soon anyways.
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