free2ryhme: where you paid for this publicity stunt

Bryancrox: Is it a mammy water initiation?

Babymyne: watched it on keeping up with the kardashians. I didnt find it fascinating . D woman involved was in pains and i think its jst anoda crazy thing to do at that critical moment of child delivery!

agoha_vivi: Somtime ago I watched an American talk show "the doctors", organised by medical doctors. On that particular episode, water birth/delivery was the topic of discussion. A black female gyneacologist who usually featured on the programme advised mothers to desist from this mode of delivery claiming that the consequencies greatly outweighed the benefits. I've had to undergo excruciating labour pain twice but if I'm guaranteed a successful delivery and a health baby afterwards why would I go for a water birth which from all indication isn't more healthy that a dry delivery just because it's believed to be less painful(not even guaranteed sef)? No matter how we try to garnish the idea of water birth, I bet it isn't safer/better than dry birth.

Watermelon: My concern is about the baby because the first breath of a baby in the first minute of life is highly essential for the survival and well being of that baby. A fetus delivered under water may be more prone to birth asphyxia. Sure in the womb, the baby is submerged in water, that is the amniotic fluid and does not breath with the nostrils while in that environment but gets oxygen and other nutrients through the placent. At birth and in some cases, immediately before the baby is born, this process is compromised as the p;acenta detaches form the maternal uterus and the newborn has to depend on the other route of obtaining oxygen which is the nostrils. Further compromising this route by immersing the baby in water might have dire consequences for the baby. If you have been in a labour room your will notice that the newborn may be turned upside down upon delivery or some medical tools placed in the nostrils all to clear to make breathing feasible for the baby. It may be ok for the mother but I will not prescribe this mode of delivery for any women. I am glad more research is being done in this field

kendraloops: Mehn, me I no fit o. Good old labour room all the way. Nigerian hospitals with their 'pure' water........make I dey nurse skin infection right after birth? No way!

freecocoa: Is this some sort of joke or what?

Ain't nobody putting me or my baby in a container of water.

paul_288@yahoo.:
why do we human beings like making things complicated for ourselves, i don't see any sense in dis

adeaugustus: Unsafe delivery method!
Don't compare the Amniotic fluid with water. They're two different thing.

Do you even know why baby cry when they're born? They cry because they're need oxygen badly! If you have a long delivery, take for instance the baby did not come out once, then am sorry for you...

Relaxing during pregnancy is a bad idea, as it would not allow the proper continuation of Positive feedback mechanism which is very important during paturation.

honey86: There are a lot of delivery methods used in western worlds that we don't use. some of this is home birth setting in the hospital, hypnosis birth, active birth to name a few. People even squat (the old fashioned way our forefathers used) to deliver. its known to be faster because it works with gravity and helps to put pressure. Nigeria is backward in child delivery.

adeaugustus: Unsafe delivery method!
Don't compare the Amniotic fluid with water. They're two different thing.

Do you even know why baby cry when they're born? They cry because they're need oxygen badly! If you have a long delivery, take for instance the baby did not come out once, then am sorry for you...

Relaxing during pregnancy is a bad idea, as it would not allow the proper continuation of Positive feedback mechanism which is very important during paturation.

Idowuogbo:
Bush gal! Water birth helps you relax and it also helps you feel more in control of your labour.

Make Una feel women wey don born tire

Abiyamọ: Brilliant points, and I agree with you. I hope the Americans will kowtow soon. Sweet dreams

Watermelon: Crying, at birth is a sign of a healthy baby and if the brain of the newborn lacks oxygen, that baby cannot cry and that may be a danger sign. I am sure you seen midwives slapping hell out of the baby's back just to make the little one cry.