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How safe are water births and whether these can be recommended
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About three years back, Gisele Bundchen had a safe water delivery and she had a painless and drug free water delivery. Yes, many of the actresses have also sworn in by the water delivery method. However, the American Obstetricians and Pediatrics ...
Water births not recommended because of possible risks, medical groups sayBoston Globe
Water birth could be risky for newborns, Warn pediatric expertsHealth Newsline
Report: Labor in tub OK but water births unprovenChron.com
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[anncook158]

We can't know for sure what any baby's birth feels like. However, champions of water birth believe that the transition to the outside world is less traumatic for babies who are born in water.

[wondergirl]

Water is a natural pain reliever. The baby does not use it lungs until it hits air. It is in water in you now and even when your water breaks, you body still makes some fluid. The baby doesn't' breathe air until after birth. I wanted a water birth, but I had some complications.

[angelicamandy]

Water is a hypotonic solution and lung fluids present in the fetus are hypertonic. So, even if water were to travel in past the larynx, they could not pass into the lungs based on the fact that hypertonic solutions are denser and prevent hypotonic solutions from merging or coming into their presence.