Guest guest Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Hello all and happy Fall! My wife and I are having a Baby in December. Although we are using a midwife, we have reserved a nice room at our local hospital as the location for the delivery for various reasons. The room we will have has a large Jacuzzi size tub. I am hoping some of you can advise us on ingredients for a nice herbal soak for after the baby is born. Not sure if we should focus more on cooling the area, reorganizing or what. Also, should I decoct these herbs at home first and add it to a bath or is there a better preparation? Any and all recommendations are truly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 As a mom who has birthed in hospital waterbirth situation, I want to mention that you first may want to make sure the hospital will allow you to (1) put anything besides their water in their tub and (2) be in the tub after birth. Most hospitals *unfortunately* have lots of rules surrounding waterbirth and their birthing tubs. HTH Chinese Traditional Medicine , " joey " <nrgcreator wrote: > > Hello all and happy Fall! > > My wife and I are having a Baby in December. Although we are using a midwife, we have reserved a nice room at our local hospital as the location for the delivery for various reasons. The room we will have has a large Jacuzzi size tub. I am hoping some of you can advise us on ingredients for a nice herbal soak for after the baby is born. Not sure if we should focus more on cooling the area, reorganizing or what. Also, should I decoct these herbs at home first and add it to a bath or is there a better preparation? > > Any and all recommendations are truly appreciated. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Thanks for the suggestions. I have already done the dirty work here, and as we are not allowing the hospital to have anything to do with the birth, we are simply renting a room from them, this is okay; and anything else we want to do will be completely up to us without allopathic intervention unless we call them. � Joey Bedrosian LMBT (NC#3259) Advanced Massage Therapy 704-578-6245 nrgcreator live long & love strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Good to hear that you've got such a positive situation. What you mention seems quite out of the ordinary for US hospitals. Chinese Traditional Medicine , Joey Bedrosian <nrgcreator wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > I have already done the dirty work here, and as we are not allowing the hospital to have anything to do with the birth, we are simply renting a room from them, this is okay; and anything else we want to do will be completely up to us without allopathic intervention unless we call them. > > � > Joey Bedrosian LMBT (NC#3259) > > Advanced Massage Therapy > > 704-578-6245 > > nrgcreator > > > > live long & love strong > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Yes, we are very fortunate here in Asheville to have many holistic options. The midwife we are using has an established relationship with the hospital and they have allowed this to go on for many years. Im just hoping someone out there has some good herbal recommendations! Help! Joey Bedrosian LMBT (NC#3259) Advanced Massage Therapy 704-578-6245 nrgcreator live long & love strong --- On Thu, 9/24/09, stompingbaby <stompingbaby wrote: stompingbaby <stompingbaby [Chinese Traditional Medicine] Re: POSTNATAL HERB BATH Chinese Traditional Medicine Thursday, September 24, 2009, 12:20 PM Good to hear that you've got such a positive situation. What you mention seems quite out of the ordinary for US hospitals. Chinese Traditional Medicine, Joey Bedrosian <nrgcreator@ ...> wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > I have already done the dirty work here, and as we are not allowing the hospital to have anything to do with the birth, we are simply renting a room from them, this is okay; and anything else we want to do will be completely up to us without allopathic intervention unless we call them. > > � > Joey Bedrosian LMBT (NC#3259) > > Advanced Massage Therapy > > 704-578-6245 > > nrgcreator@. .. > > > > live long & love strong > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 To answer the question that initiated this thread, I consulted a doula friend of mine. This is her response to the question about adding herbs to the bath: Dear Al, Yes! Let him know that a newborn's skin is very sensitive and plain > water is best for the baby...so if baby is going to be in the tub, reserve > the herbs for mom's bum after the baby is out of the tub. Plain water is > absolutely best for the newborn. > For mom...there are a number of healing remedies to speed the healing > process and to soothe. Find out if the question was for baby, mom, or both. > -- , DAOM Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. http://twitter.com/algancao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Al, thank you for looking into this. The bath is intended for momma bear. Our midwife said comfrey would be good, but is not trained in western or eastern herbalism.. Also, I am looking more for chinese herbal recommendations as i have access to a full chinese dispensary and not great access to western herbs, but again, any advise is appreciated! Joey Bedrosian LMBT (NC#3259) Advanced Massage Therapy 704-578-6245 nrgcreator live long & love strong --- On Thu, 9/24/09, Al Stone <al wrote: Al Stone <al Re: [Chinese Traditional Medicine] Re: POSTNATAL HERB BATH Chinese Traditional Medicine Thursday, September 24, 2009, 2:24 PM To answer the question that initiated this thread, I consulted a doula friend of mine. This is her response to the question about adding herbs to the bath: Dear Al, Yes! Let him know that a newborn's skin is very sensitive and plain > water is best for the baby...so if baby is going to be in the tub, reserve > the herbs for mom's bum after the baby is out of the tub. Plain water is > absolutely best for the newborn. > For mom...there are a number of healing remedies to speed the healing > process and to soothe. Find out if the question was for baby, mom, or both. > -- , DAOM Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. http://twitter. com/algancao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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