Best Start Birth Center

The birth center, located in San Diego, California provides a range of alternative birth options that include water birth.

Benefits of Water Birth, courtesy of the Best Start Birth Center

• Pain Management- less or no need for medical intervention

• Water creates support and equal pressure on all parts of a woman's body

• Less energy used when birthing in water, less pain, less anxiety for mother and baby

• Water birth seems to result in lower adrenalin (fight or flight response) levels resulting in better oxytocin and oxygen flow to the mother, increased blood supply to the uterus. As a result contractions are more efficient

• An improved blood supply to the placenta during water birth also improves the unborn baby's oxygen levels

• The mother can find a comfortable position more efficiently and ease the descent of the baby through the birth canal

• Birth from water into water is a gentle transition for the baby

• There is less risk of tearing and skin tissue trauma to mother and less risk of tissue trauma to baby

• Water birth is an extremely gentle birth method for mother and baby

• Water can make pushing easier

• The buoyancy of water means the baby does not have to be turned or twisted to deliver the shoulders in most cases

• Birthing in the water provides the baby with almost the exact replica of the womb environment- wet, warm, weightless and gentle

• Cleanup of a water birth can be very easy with little mess

• The mother can easily move positions to find one most comfortable for herself with each contraction

• The mother feels less pressure on the abdomen and uterus with contractions

Visit the Best Start Birth Center for more information.