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    Waterbirth Vessel Concept Recreates the 'Tide at Omaha Beach' in Your Hot Tub
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    Image of dosthebos2 dosthebos2
    11/03/08

    In reply to Waterbirth Vessel Concept Recreates the 'Tide at Omaha Beach' in Your Hot Tub
    hmmm so how does a heavily pregnant woman get into that thing? and how does a woman who has just given birth get out?
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    Image of johnnyabnormal johnnyabnormal
    11/03/08

    @dosthebos2: They have arms and legs.
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    11/03/08

    @johnnyabnormal: most heavily pregnant women can hardly walk then alone use steps. i worked in a maternity ward and we had a step in spa bath similiar to this, most women who somehow managed to get in could not get out without the nurses hurting their backs trying to help them out.
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    11/04/08

    @dosthebos2: Sounds like the mother was obese or the nurses need to start lifting weights. :)
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    11/02/08

    In reply to Waterbirth Vessel Concept Recreates the 'Tide at Omaha Beach' in Your Hot Tub
    It is actually great if you have a normal delivery. Nowadays it's less people because or our sedentary life-style. But if you are very active, the water birth thing will make it a breeze away from the "business of being born". But, be warned, everything has to line up perfectly.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/02/08

    @altus...if the baby starts coming of out your nose, however, this will not work at all.
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    Image of SomeoneUKno SomeoneUKno
    11/02/08

    @92BuickLeSabre: Yeah. Talk about painful. Except for those people who have giant noses... I think its a bit easier for them.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/03/08

    @SomeoneUKno: Well this schnozztastic fella respectfully disagrees.
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    Image of nystreetfilms nystreetfilms
    11/02/08

    In reply to Waterbirth Vessel Concept Recreates the 'Tide at Omaha Beach' in Your Hot Tub
    I never heard anyone say someone "is all about water births" as if saying someone "is all about ska music". interesting...
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    11/02/08

    @nystreetfilms: Then you're missing out. I'm all "water birth"in' out at least once a week.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/02/08

    @92BuickLeSabre: From this day forth, you shall be known as Guppy Sapien.
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    Image of johnnyabnormal johnnyabnormal
    11/03/08

    @nystreetfilms: That's because you live in the USA.
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    Image of Mammoth Mammoth
    11/02/08

    In reply to Waterbirth Vessel Concept Recreates the 'Tide at Omaha Beach' in Your Hot Tub
    What a crock of shit.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/02/08

    @Mammoth: That's even better when said aloud, right next to the pool while the birthin's occurrin'.
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    11/02/08

    In reply to Waterbirth Vessel Concept Recreates the 'Tide at Omaha Beach' in Your Hot Tub
    Sometimes I wonder if it would've been better if humans laid eggs.
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    Image of redkamel redkamel
    11/03/08

    @Nintenboy01:havent seen the movie..but what a load.

    "dont what women hanging out in the maternity ward" hell no they don't. They dont want to be there either after a few hours of labor. And everyone wants them home with baby.

    Pitocin: yes, it will cause you to birth. Want to wait around, contracting for who knows how long, risk infection, or have a baby?

    "everwhere else in the world"..yep, like third world countries. They also don't eat a lot and don't get prenatal care. Guess we should do that too.


    C-section not doctor friendly IMO. Higher risk than vaginal. And if something happens, and the C/S was not indicated...guess who's f'd in the b.


    took away the power of birth? Sure go have one by yourself..but don't forget emergency help will be 30 minutes away if the doo doo hits the fan. You can bleed out pretty fast. Labor will be longer. No epidural. Sounds like fun.


    I love how the trailer makes it seem like docs just screw it up and rush it to make a buck, but I bet it doesnt mention what happens when you get a midwife who ignores pre-eclampsia, mother never goes to hospital, ends up eclamptic, seizing, coming to OBER, then mom and baby die cause its too late. Which really happened btw.

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    Image of johnnyabnormal johnnyabnormal
    11/03/08

    @redkamel:

    "havent seen the movie..but what a load."


    Damn, that's a pretty quick way to say, "Hey, I'm ignorant and will criticize something without knowing what I'm talking about."


    The numbers don't lie: The USA has the second worst newborn death rate in the developed world.


    ""everwhere else in the world"..yep, like third world countries."


    More like, most of Europe and the rest of the industrialized world.


    "C-section not doctor friendly IMO. Higher risk than vaginal."


    "Doctor friendly" = quick, not safe...but then again, you haven't seen the movie, duh.


    "I bet it doesn't mention what happens when you get a midwife who ignores pre-eclampsia, mother never goes to hospital"


    Well, if you weren't an idiot talking about a movie you've never seen, you'd know that the director of said movie wanted a home birth, but had a premature birth and ended up delivering in a hospital (thanks to the skilled assessment and actions of a great mid wife, I might add) and everything turned out great.


    So basically, you should STFU about your idiot commentary if you haven't seen what you're spouting off about. Or, maybe I'm not being fair... Maybe your anti-home birth diatribe is just a result of your on mom dropping you on your head at the hospital. I shouldn't be so harsh on the mentally handicapped. I apologize, Simple Jack.

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    Image of DarkHavoc99 DarkHavoc99
    11/03/08

    @johnnyabnormal:
    Bravo. A tear in my eye.
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    Image of johnnyabnormal johnnyabnormal
    11/02/08

    In reply to Waterbirth Vessel Concept Recreates the 'Tide at Omaha Beach' in Your Hot Tub
    Anyone in here seen the movie "The Business of Being Born"?

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    Image of dvdmon dvdmon
    11/02/08

    @johnnyabnormal:


    Yep, seen it and thought it was good, albeit of course with a very specific point of view.


    I don't understand why we are talking about installing this thing in your home when it's obviously being marketed to hospitals. Homebirthers have birthing tubs that they can rent, or I guess buy, but it probably doesn't pay unless you are planning on having 10 babies in it before you're done!

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    Image of johnnyabnormal johnnyabnormal
    11/03/08

    @dvdmon: By "specific point of view"...do you mean the director's point of view, or the other subjects who gave birth? I thought it actually gave an equal voice to broad cross-section of the medical community in regard to the topic.


    BTW, Very true about the application of this specific device. I can't imagine someone personally buying this unless they were a hard core breeder. :)

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/03/08

    @johnnyabnormal: Hadn't seen that, and I'm not sure I'm going to (just not incredibly relevant for me at the moment) but I appreciate the suggestion. Certainly the implication that the medical system is inclined to induce labor and perform c-sections as a matter of convenience resonates with me.
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    11/03/08

    @weatherman: I had no idea about this until a friend of mine told me about the movie before he and his wife had a home birth. It's not just the domino effect of drugs that women are given in hospitals (sometimes without their consent) but the body position they put mothers into is unnatural as well. I think any mother/couple should really research both methods and know their options.
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    Image of sfokevin sfokevin
    11/02/08

    In reply to Waterbirth Vessel Concept Recreates the 'Tide at Omaha Beach' in Your Hot Tub
    EW!!! I don't want to know nothin about birthing no babies...
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/02/08

    @sfokevin: Lol, it aint pretty dispite what they tell you.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/02/08

    @Nintenboy01: They'd make some damn big omelettes...
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    Image of tehdahl tehdahl
    11/02/08

    @Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...:

    ahahahahaha... wow.
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    11/02/08

    @tehdahl: That reply was supposed to be down below, at Nintenboy01's comment....
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    Image of Acerbus Letalis Acerbus Letalis
    11/02/08

    In reply to Waterbirth Vessel Concept Recreates the 'Tide at Omaha Beach' in Your Hot Tub
    Does it come with dolphins?
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    11/02/08

    @takashimiike yes really: Ha! I got that one!
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    Image of Acerbus Letalis Acerbus Letalis
    11/02/08

    @Trowble (XBL/PSN): Finally!
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    11/02/08

    In reply to Waterbirth Vessel Concept Recreates the 'Tide at Omaha Beach' in Your Hot Tub
    I'll give you a reason to install this in your own home instead of a birthing center; mom gets to use this one day every year or so, but the rest of the year, it's daddy's toy. A hot tub with autoflush for liquid and semi-solid waste in front of a big screen TV and a handy station for the wife/bartender/stripper to come and provide service - it all sounds like the ultimate upgrade to the entertainment room for football season!
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    Image of unkpku has a really long fucking screenname because i saw some other people do it unkpku has a really long fucking screenname because i saw some other people do it
    11/02/08

    In reply to Waterbirth Vessel Concept Recreates the 'Tide at Omaha Beach' in Your Hot Tub
    Why is she wearing a shirt in a hot tub?
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    Image of Acerbus Letalis Acerbus Letalis
    11/02/08

    @unkpku has a really long fucking screenname because i saw s...: Good question. Long-ass screen names are the new "In" thing eh?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/02/08

    In reply to Waterbirth Vessel Concept Recreates the 'Tide at Omaha Beach' in Your Hot Tub
    As these pools get bigger and bigger, suddenly birth will be documented like the mighty orcas at sea world.
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