🐣水中生產，水會不會從陰道往上跑？
陰道，在沒有異物進入的狀態，組織是密合的（用過月亮杯的朋友，可能有整個月亮杯吸住子宮頸動不了的經驗，可以間接證明這一點。）
所以，正常情況下，水中生產時，浴缸裡的水會跑進陰道嗎？
1960年，Siegel醫師做了一個研究，將乾淨沒有線的棉條放入孕婦陰道，然後讓孕婦進入優碘染色的水池中，泡15分鐘之後，棉條取出，完全沒有染色！
所以，Siegel醫師認為，即便破水，也不是水中生產的禁忌。
In 1960, Dr. Siegel published a study in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology entitled, “Does Bath Water Enter the Vagina?” Pregnant women were put into bathtubs that contained iodine-stained water. Before entering the bath, a sterile, starched white tampon, without a string, was inserted into the vagina. After 15 min of soaking, the women left the bath, the tampons were removed, and not a single one was stained with iodine. Common advice from physicians at that time was to avoid bathing in the third trimester and definitely to not bathe while in labor or after membranes have ruptured. Dr. Siegel concluded,
“Thus, the fear that bath water may infect a pregnant or puerperal woman is not founded on fact, since normally no water enters the vagina. Therefore, restrictions on bathing during and after pregnancy are not warranted on this basis alone. Moreover, this teaching represents another classic example of error.”
參考閱讀 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4210671/
攝影：吳易蓁 / 黃約農 Dumas
#溫柔生產的技術細節
#生產不需無菌
#不衛生之衛生
#衛生之不衛生
