Beautiful Singing during Labor

[427skies]

Every time I watch one of these videos, the woman is a good singer...this makes me wanna have a baby, but no time soon. Lol.

[amamuffin]

My friend almost died and almost lost her baby during home birth. The baby had to wear tubes for over 1 year after she was born. It was a horrible experience...

[amamuffin]

He looks so embarrassed

[MsHamstergurl]

what a great hubby

[miltwife]

wow love it

[2hotinaz]

She's great, but I'm a bit confused. I thought the whole point of doing this was to avoid the hospital and all the germs and contamination in hospitals. Is there a reason she had to be in a hospital setting?

[shunnymac09]

pretty voice =)

[libertarianable]

why doesn't thi have like 100,000,000 VIEWS!!!!

[Sternlein4USA]

May I ask if this young couple was a Mormon or a Quaker Couple????? She really is relaxed I wish my birth were that great

[lusterwings]

This is inspiring!!!!!!!!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[babyfacedstar]

She resembles Linda McCartney a bit :)

[gallopgal]

what song is she singing? it is so beautiful, and the song speaks of a new tomorrow, a new birth, so beautiful :) wonderful singing mom!

[reefgurl90]

is that joni mitchell that she is singing? she has an amazinggg voice!

[TheHighlandMidwife]

This looks like a typical home birth. :-)

[ellasgammy]

Who's the ammish guy behind her?

[reefgurl90]

@ellasgammy lmao

[prayerwarrior1995]

walking and moving really helped with labor I absolutely hated it when I had to lay down again. 

[SantaGirl666]

awwwwwwwww sweet mom

[JessicaClark]

Joni! Lovely. :)

[shasato]

i hope everyone realizes that home births are twice as likely to have complications, and there aren't any doctors around to help you...

[edaj84]

@shasato I hope everyone realises that you are not quoting anything even close to the truth. Homebirth is just as safe if not SAFER for normal women and babies.

[shasato]

@edaj84 hmmm, ww bbc co uk/news/health-10806450 andww bbc co uk/news/10465473  talking out of my ass am I? I guess a top medical journal doesn't know anything compared to your vast collection of knowledge. But really, what does the Lancet know?

[edaj84]

@shasato The Lancet is a MEDICAL journal, it is in their best interests to skew study findings in their favour. "Final Draft of Guideline on Intrapartum Care". National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health as Commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. London: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. 22 March 2007. and "Does home birth empower women, or imperil them and their babies?". OBG Management.

[edaj84]

@shasato there are countlesss studies carried out thorughout the world (a lot centred around the netherlands where the homebirht rate is substantially higher.)

[shasato]

@edaj84 mmhhmmm, mhhmm, and where is your information coming from? i provided links to strengthen my argument, but you have shown none.

[edaj84]

@shasato you showed 2 lnks that didn't work, i have linked to 2 articles and 3 books.

[shasato]

@edaj84 you gotta be a little smart to realize that youtube doesn't allow links to be posted as comments, so i removed a couple of periods and a w from the links, try and add a few in, be smart, or just look up "bbc news health home child birth"

[edaj84]

@shasato don't be a smart ass, of course I realise that. Ok, i read the lancet article youa re talking about "The Lancet said: "Women have the right to chose how and where to give birth, but they do not have the right to put their baby at risk."

The journal went on to say that in high-risk, complicated pregnancies hospital delivery should be favoured."

this is obvious, clearly high risk women don't make up te majority. get your facts right, even the Lancet is not talking about ALL women

[edaj84]

@shasato I suggest you try searching the same thing you told me to and read them. There are LOTS of artivles even jsut on that site detailing the safety of homebirth, it also clearly states that the study that the lancet is based on is flawed in that it is based on PLANNED birthplace not actual birthplace. (which does not accurately portray the women who transferred either antenatally or during labour)

[edaj84]

@edaj84 "All medical interventions were substantially decreased in the home birth sample, including the use of any pain medication or analgesics including epidurals, forceps or vacuum extraction, episiotomy and cesarean sections. Accordingly, the likelihood of normal vaginal birth was also greatly increased in the home birth sample"

[edaj84]

@edaj84 "In terms of maternal outcome, no study found any statistically significant difference between the number of women that had third-degree perineal lacerations or postpartum hemorrhage. However, the 1998-1999 British Columbia study did find a three- to fourfold less likelihood of infection for both the infant and the mother,[32] and all studies reported a substantially higher likelihood of an intact perineum in the home birth sample."

[edaj84]

@edaj84 "Infant safety

Perinatal outcome is more complicated to assess due to the low incidence of mortality and the subjectivity of Apgar scoring. Most studies found a slight, but statistically significant, difference in Apgar score for infants at five minutes. However, the 1994 UK National Birthday Trust study found a slight advantage for home birthed infants at one minute and no difference at five minutes.[31] No cohort study has conducted long-term follow up on the infants" cont

[edaj84]

@edaj84 " The perinatal mortality figure still remains controversial. The Zurich study showed an equal perinatal death rate between the home birth group and the hospital birth group (2.3 / 1000), and the Birthday Trust study found a slightly higher perinatal death rate in the hospital birth group (1 / 1000 vs. 0.8/1000). "

[edaj84]

@edaj84 "However, two other studies[29][32] found a slightly higher perinatal mortality in the home birth group as compared to the hospital birth group. None of these results were seen to be statistically significant"

[edaj84]

@edaj84 Obstetric Myths versus Research Realities - a guide to the medical literature, Henci Goer, Bergin & Gavey, 1998

The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, Henci Goer

Pursuing the Birth Machine - the search for appropriate birth technology, Marsden Wagner, Ace Graphics, 1988

[edaj84]

@shasato I also don't see what this had to do with this videa? she is in hospital.

[TheHighlandMidwife]

@shasato

Holy cow, where did you get that crazy lie from? No offense, but you need to do your homework. Home births are actually far less likely to have serious complications, and statistics on hundreds of thousands of home births prove this. Most complications are actually caused by hospital interventions. And midwives are better trained in normal birth that the training that is (unfortunately) available to doctors...which is why our safety records are 3-5 times better! You need to study...

[TheHighlandMidwife]

@shasato

Want some links to studies, so you can find out the truth? Go to highlandmidwife(dot)com(slash)­HomeBirth(dot)html and do some reading.

[CloverDealman]

Nice song - I love Joni Mitchell! Ladies - Check out Hypnobirthing for a calm, relaxed labor and birth. I am 7 mo. with my first and am taking the Hypnobirthing classes. It's great!

[smileynina1320]

i want to be that calm when i go into labor! i love her voice. it makes my bby kick. im 26 weeks and lemme tell u im sooo sooo nervous!!

[funnyguise]

excellent choice of songs. been listening to Joni Mitchell's Blue a lot recently!

[emmiela2105]

wow

[joyfulhelpmeet]

beautiful. I am overdue and have a doula hired. This will be a VBAC for me as well...i am very scared, but excited

[shplappy]

That's my beautiful BFF! What a lovely moment - I'm glad I got to peek in :-)

[ChaosControl1997]

I don't have a baby yet, but I think when I do I'll sing, maybe it would relax me because I have a feeling I'll get mean and no one will want to be around me.

[matonmagic]

This must be Joni Mitchell song. You have an amazing voice. I suggest this isnt a live act though. LOL. Congrats on a beautiful performance.

[omoreta1]

i was too far for this when i gave birth to my daughter lol

[maarakailet1]

Wonderful vid!

[herwitsend]

Beautiful!

[kalgen]

very beautiful

[reefgurl90]

she sounds JUST LIKE joni mitchell...

[MrsMcintyre13]

kudos for this baby!! :) my sister had her baby about a year ago. i cant believe you were singing and dilated that much! lol. inspiration!!! :)

[StarShine65712]

Amazing woman!

[rubyinparadise]

Beautiful! And Joni Mitchell too! :)

[bendslikeawillow]

8cms, no meds, and she's SINGING?! This is a child birth Goddess!!!!!! Way to go, mama!!

[Elizabethjonas94]

congrats on your baby boy or girl

[llliiilllaaa123]

what a beautiful couple! congrats and many blessings!

[TaraDerington]

Not only is she amazing! She has an amazing voice!!

[PlatonicAmore]

i used the hip squeeze for my unmedicated delivery quite a bit... i do wish however to have been able to labor in the comfort of my own home..

[edaj84]

this gave me goosebumps. great job to all :)

[AlaniManners]

Thank you for your post. I would love to have a home birth but can not due to previous complications. Your post is an inspiration - a natural & calm hospital birth! Thank you for sharing with us all such a wonderful moment!

[amandawonderboy]

This is the cutest thing I've seen..and this is a birth video..lol. I'm so proud of you and your husband working together. he was really supportive. God Bless your family and I hope I am as brave as you when I give birth.

[FlowingGeisha]

No screaming, moaning or groaning. That's the type of birth I want something that's easy to listen to. No bitching or being a psycho lady in labor.

[celticnightharp]

Lmao. Then sing for yours. It's an equivelent to lamaz which replicates perfect breathing for maximized blood oxygen levels which is a natural pain killer. The higher your blood oxygen level, the higher pain tolerance you'll have. The singing also helps to distract the mind from the pain signals going to the brain via the contractions.

[lilallysmama507]

@FlowingGeisha I think that is what every woman in labor wants. I'm just hoping to not fall unconsious this time!

[Yuskai02]

That's one strong woman! Bravo and congratulations on your child's birth.

[aimwest]

the song is called "California" by Joni Mitchell, from the record titled "Blue"

[jamsy111]

the song is called "little green" :)

[alessandrafolha]

wow! nice... hope i can do the same!

[HappyMommaBear]

She looks like a pro! I love how relaxed she is, and how hands on he seems. I pray my VBAC will be as successful!

[DragonflyDoula]

I do too...surround yourself with supportive people, ask your doctor questions and you should be fine!

[PlatonicAmore]

this is beautiful. I can't think of any song I know all the way through other than Johnny cash's Pain.. lol ..

question: what exactly is the husband doing when she goes into contractions? I see they push the hips but what are they doing pushing them outwards, inwards, just pushing? idk I'm 23 weeks pregnant and a little scared at the last minute I wont go through the natural birth plan i made for myself and my baby.

[DragonflyDoula]

He is pushing her hips together in something called a "hip squeeze." In labor, as the baby passes through, the hips separate a little bit, by giving counter-pressure on the hips, it helps with the intensity of the contraction. It's probably the #1 technique I use.

[DragonflyDoula]

He wasn't helpless at all, he was a totally hands on dad through the whole labor...you can see when she starts to have the contraction that he comes forward to push her hips.

[xanablue]

Dad did amazing! The counter pressure he's applying to her hips is a total life saver. What a beautiful, lucky family.

[tatetitatu]

Beautiful, I have to say these women singing through their labors make us screamers look like total WIMPS!!! :-( Now I feel so guilty for the torment I put my husband through i was clearly suffering the sight of me brought him to tears....I didnt scream though only when my son came out I wish I could master this art of control so my next one can be more peaceful...

[DragonflyDoula]

Screaming can be good too...as long as you are opening your mouth wide during labor, you are helping...there is a saying "open mouth, open cervix" for a reason ;-)

[SchoolisEasy]

what's the songs name

[arttoegemann]

from Joni Mitchell's Blue. well sung. trust the birth went well.

[DragonflyDoula]

It went perfectly ;-). The mom was amazing

[sybarite]

This is amazing. That's girl power.

[jemc17]

what does a birth ball look like?

[lil4203rockangel]

like an exercise ball

[WinkyDinkyD]

Wow.... I hope I'm that strong when I'm in this predicament... That's so peace...

[DragonflyDoula]

She did a great job, I'm sure you will too ;-)

[rainbowmagicness]

Beautiful, just beautiful

[incis1981]

i loved the whistling part.:D what a team work!!

[Mo19oM]

That was honestly beautiful, instead of screaming and cursing, shes singing.

And the person i presume is the huband is also happy in the background. They look like such a happy family. Whats a doula btw??

[MrzKitten]

A doula is a female birth support person that assists the laboring mother through her birthing :)

[Oliisblonde]

i agree with you, i never thought about it but this baby was born with songs not with screams, that's beautiful i think

[willowtreephoto]

thanks for posting such a wonderful portrait of labor. i plan to have a homebirth with my next baby and i think singing while in labor is such a wonderful tool to help turn inward, relax and distract.

with my first labor, at around 4 cm i discovered the amazing tool that is vocalizing (no one had ever mentioned it either in print or voice) and it became my best tool. my midwife instructed me to keep my noises low as to conserve my energy and to breathe.