More and more women are preparing humanized and natural alternatives when preparing their birth plan, previously informing their hospital about birth assistance protocols. And luckily, more and more hospitals are beginning to be aware of this need, incorporating specialized units in respected delivery.
Such is the case of the Quirón Salud Valencia Hospital, which has just opened a unit specialized in natural childbirth with dilation bathtub, with the aim of offering this alternative to women who go there to give birth.
"Our purpose is to naturalize and humanize the birth"
Aware of the importance of respecting and humanizing the time of delivery, the Quirón Salud Valencia Hospital has set up a unit specialized in natural childbirth.
It's about a spacious, intimate, friendly and welcoming space, with areas of expansion, both in the water and in movement, which aims to turn the moment of birth into a unique and unrepeatable experience.
This is explained by Dr. Fernando López Baeza, team leader of the gynecology and obstetrics department of the hospital:
"Our purpose is to naturalize and humanize the birth as well as the early neonatal care, trying to facilitate the role of the mother, respecting to the maximum her preferences regarding the organization and assistance of the sanitary means in this moment so special and unrepeatable that is the birth of their daughter or son, and with the maximum participation of the couple, preserving to the maximum their privacy and avoiding any unnecessary intervention"
In Babies and moreAnalgesia in childbirth: pain control techniques without using anesthesiaThis unit It has a dilation bathtub to favor the birth process, since the use of hot water during dilation induces women to relax, reduces anxiety by stimulating the production of endorphins, improves uterine perfusion and shortens the period of dilation.
"Dilation in water is as safe as any other procedure and allows the use of hot water to reduce the pain of dilation and then give birth in bed or in any other position the woman decides "- explains Aurora Medina, matron of the unit.
With the new humanized protocols, the hospital also intends to reduce the rate of caesarean sections (which currently is twice as recommended by WHO in Spain), and make the moment of delivery what it really is: something natural.
"Prior to the time of giving birth, our professionals will agree with the future mother on the way in which her birth will take place, to act, as long as there is no medical contraindication, according to her wishes and decisions during the process"
The team counts on the collaboration of specialized midwives to offer personalized and exclusive attention during the entire dilation, delivery and puerperium process.
For this, the woman who chooses to give birth in this new unit will establish continuous contact with midwives from the 34th week of pregnancy, with the aim of establishing a relationship of maximum trust in case of any doubt that may arise.
Respected delivery and humanized baby care
Childbirth is one of the most important and momentous moments in a woman's life. So much so, that what happens during this process is deeply engraved in the brain of mother and baby.A year ago, WHO updated its recommendations for childbirth, with the aim of making the moment a positive experience. Luckily, more and more hospitals follow their recommendations and opt for incorporate humanized and respected protocols, both in case of vaginal delivery and cesarean section.
And among humanized practices is, of course, promote skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby, even when the newborn must enter the neonatal ICU.
In these cases, humanize procedures and care to the fullest Not only does it encourage parental involvement, but it improves breastfeeding rates and helps the baby in its development and / or recovery.
In Babies and more Humanitarian treatment for hospitalized or premature babies and their families: a fundamental right that begins to come trueIn this sense, the Quirón Salud Valencia Hospital also has a Humanized Neonatal and Pediatric ICU, with Family Room, so that parents of large premature babies who, after a long stay in the hospital, prepare to go home, can stay there with Your babies for a few days.
"The benefits of this method are innumerable, and some as important as greater stability in vital signs and better brain development. There is no better incubator than the human body. In addition, we try to get parents to gradually take care of all the care of their children, going to a family room when the patient's stability allows it "- explains Dr. Gonzalo Pin, head of the Pediatric Service and the Neonatal ICU, "
It is certainly great news to know that more and more hospitals are aware of the importance of take care and respect the moment of delivery and birth to the fullest. Now it only remains that more hospitals are incorporating these types of humanized delivery units.
