4/4/2003 0:4
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Ilana Shemesh, natural midwife
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three homebirths recently
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I've been really busy lately. I was waiting around for almost 3 weeks with no one giving birth. My fingers were itching and I was getting crazy and depressed. Finally the phone rang at 8 AM (bad for traffic hour) and I was on my way to Kiryat Ono for a first birth. Really lovely couple, very informed and prepared. They did a homebirth course with Amy Shapiro and one with Sarit Zeltzer based on art therapy and I had a good connection with them. She was four centimeters and the birth went very smoothly and all was well. She seemed such a quiet person and I was surprized that she was able to let go and make all those beautiful birth noises. She pushed for about half an hour in various positions and there was nothing to see, then all of a sudden half te ead was out and she birthed beautifully with no stitches. She practiced a lot with the epi-no and the whole pushing part was quick and like a second birth . It was like a 8-5 normal working day for me, so unlike a midwives hours! Few days later another morning call to a Jerusalem homebirth. This was unusual in that she has two big boys in army, who came home for the birth, and another son in high school, and one just after Bar Mitsvah. This baby came as a pleasant surprize. Only her first birth was in the hospital and all the others were born at home. She was a pro! Well, the birth went just fine and the boys were very excited to watch their baby sister(big surprize) being born. Next day when she asked her pediatrician to please examine th e baby, she said that she would not as she does not approve of homebirth. We found her another doctor, but she had to go privately. I think this is a lot of nerve of this pediatrician. She was not asked to be present or responsible at a homebirth but to examine a healthy baby next day. Homebirth cannot be safe if doctors refuse back-up or cooperation. Few days later, a super lovely couple came to birth in my new zimmer, the wooden one, also a first birth. The amazing intimacy of this couple was very touching to witness. Her method of dealing with the contractions was to sing through them together with her man. They started with popular songs, went through all the childrens songs, all the holiday songs, and finally she had the baby in the jacuzzi and the birth was just thrilling. Wonderful people and wonderful births. Now I need a rest! But not too long.
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