Open AccessWaterbirth -are we swimming or drowning?
Author(s) -
Angela Oxley
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
morecambe bay medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2634-0631
pISSN - 1466-707X
DOI - 10.48037/mbmj.v4i12.898
Subject(s) - slipping , head (geology) , art , lift (data mining) , feeling , visual arts , psychology , engineering , computer science , geology , mechanical engineering , social psychology , geomorphology , data mining
'The midwife, Jenny, was saying, "She's coming, Heather. Reach down in the pool and feel her head." I reached down and felt her soft hair and the roundness of her head. It felt odd, feeling another person slipping out of my body. A few more pushes, and her head was out. With the next contraction and a good push, she was born, and Jenny was saying, "Lift her up, Heather." I opened my eyes, and reached down, and pulled her out of the water and onto my chest. Her eyes were open and she was alert. Within a few minutes, she was rooting around for the breast. Chloe was here.'