1. Types of Giving Birth:
WATER BIRTH
Presented by:
Gerwin Avergonzado
Francis Dale Carias
Eliza Joy Calimlim
Shaira Rizza Lopez
Ruth Pashana
Ma. Lovena Pielago

2. What is Water Birth?

3. It is the process of giving birth in a tub or
pool of warm water.
It is also considered as the gentlest birth.
Considered as an alternative way of
giving birth.

4. Theory Behind

5. The theory behind this type of giving birth
is that the baby has been in the amniotic sac
for nine months and emerging in a water
environment is gentler and less stressful for
both the mother and the baby.
It is also believed that it reduces stress
during labor and birth which also reduces
fetal and maternal complications.

6. History of Water Birth

7. Laboring in water is used by women for
millennia. It is supported by Janet Blaskas. She is
a writer about water births and describes the
oral histories of South Pacific Islanders giving
birth in shallow sea water.
It is also considered as a recent development
in the Western world. The first water birth
that we know about in Europe was in 1803 in
France.
During the 1960s, Igos Charkovsky
undertook considerable research into the safety
and possible benefits of water birth in Soviet
Union.

8. In the late 1960s, Frederick Leboyer, French
Obstetrician developed the practice of
immersing newly-born infants in warm water to
help ease transition from the womb to the
outside world, and to mitigate the of any birth
trauma.
Michel Odent, another French obstetrician,
began using the warm-water birth pool for pain
relief for the mothers. During these trials, some
women refused to get out of water to finish
birthing. It lead Odent to research about the
benefits for the babies and the possible
problems in such births.
By the late 1990s, interest in water birth
grew in UK, Europe and Canada.

9. Benefits Of Water Birth

10. For the Mother:
 Water is soothing, calming and relaxing.
 Water seems to increase woman’s energy.
 Buoyancy lessens body weight which allows free
movement and new positioning.
 Buoyancy promotes more efficient uterine contractions
and better blood circulation, resulting in better
oxygenation of the uterine muscles, less pain for the
mother, and more oxygen for the baby.
 Immersion in water often helps lower high blood
pressure caused by anxiety.
 Water seems to alleviate stress-related hormones,
allowing the mother’s body to produce endorphins,
which are pain-inhibitors.

11.  Water causes the perineum to become more elastic and
relaxed, which reduces the incidence and severity of
tearing and the need for an episiotomy and stitches.
 As the laboring woman relaxes physically she is able to
relax mentally, concentrating her efforts inward on the
birth process.
 The water provides a sense of privacy, which releases
inhibitions, anxiety, and fears.
For the Baby:
 Provides a similar environment as the amniotic sac.
 Eases the stress of the birth, providing reassurance and
security.
 It is also believed that water babies are cries less and are
calmer and more alert.

12. Risks Of Water Birth

13. Theoretical risk of water embolism,
which is when the water enters the
mother’s blood stream.
Water Aspiration – inhaling water but
babies doesn’t actually inhale “air” until
they’re exposed to it.
Infections – if the water is not clean.

14. Who should not have
Water Birth?

15. If you are having multiple births.
If you have herpes
If your baby is breech (suhi)
Preterm labor is expected
Severe *meconium or bleeding
If you have *toxemia or preeclampsia
*meconium-earliest stools of an infant
*toxemia-pregnancy induced high blood pressure

16. Videos of Water Birth

19. Movie Clip of “The Back-up Plan”

20. Thanks for listening…