The Birth Reborn 3 (O Renascimento do Parto 3)

Son! Son!

Son!

My God!

Hold him!

Son!

Son!

-Look at the baby's mouth. -Son!

Son! Son. Is everything alright?

Everything is great!

But he's not breathing.

-Of course he is. -Look at his face.

Yes, he is. He's fine.

I know, but he...

He's fine, he's perfect.

He's fine. He's breathing through his belly button.

Is he breathing?

Yes, through the cord. He cried.

Son!

That's crazy!

My child. My God!

Son!

This is not of this world.

My God!

Here, they are angels, right?

They are here. The medical team are the angels

who are here to strengthen our children.

Then, it's God... I always tell the nurses.

It's God in heaven and them on Earth!

If they were not here, our children wouldn't be here

so we could tell you this great story, right?

-When he was born... -I wanted you to play music...

When he was born, his foot was as big as my thumb.

We took pictures but you don't see it because of the reflection.

But if you want, I'll send them to you.

I just want to add something.

We want to give an advice to parents

who have a child in the ICU.

THE RENAISSANCE OF CHILDBIRTH 3

OBSTETRIC DOCTOR

The house of childbirth many times was the midwife's home.

A traditional midwife.

OBSTETRIC NURSE

Since the women who come to give birth here are low risk,

the probability of using this is low.

DENTIST

I really wanted to have a home birth, since ever.

JOURNALIST

There was a very tense moment. Her heartbeat and the baby's heartbeat

were compromised.

AUTHOR OF THE FILM "ORGASMIC BIRTH" - U.S.

MIDWIFE AND PERINATAL EDUCATOR

Oxygen saturation in the womb for the baby

is lower than ours outside.

So all babies are born purple.

OBSTETRIC NURSE

In the Netherlands they have always been reserved in their tradition and culture.

OBSTETRIC NURSE GERMANY

MIDWIFE AND PSYCHOLOGIST

You can do it, love.

I think I'm horny. Yes.

-Do you want to kiss me? -Yes.

-Give him a very tasty kiss. -Right, get in there.

Can I give you a kiss?

Daughter?

Come.

New Zealand went through a strong system of childbirth medicalization

where women went to the hospital and suffered interventions.

There was a huge movement and the women said:

"Enough, enough!

We're fed up with that type of attention! Birth is ours!"

It was founded the New Zealand College of Midwives,

the obstetric nurses started to change their credentials.

They all began to put midwives, to have that union.

If she chose that midwife and wasn't satisfied,

didn't identify herself with her, couldn't create a bond,

she can change midwives.

There are birthing houses and the option of home birth.

Cesarean section is seen as a very complex procedure,

that increases the risks, and they don't understand:

"How can a person opt for surgery

when it's not really necessary?"

It's not an option available in the system.

Until the sixth week after delivery, that midwife goes to your house

to accompany breastfeeding, check the baby's weight.

All paid by the government, it's part of the system.

What a dream, right?

The birth house many times was the house of the midwife.

A traditional midwife, right?

In regions of Brazil where

public health hasn't yet arrived.

Today the Angela House provides services to the Unified Health System…

HOUSE ANGELA, SÃO PAULO - SP

…and is paid for service rendered.

Doing moxa acupuncture.

We will also do a uterus massage in a while...

with anthroposophic oil, so that the contractions begin.

We don't induce labor. We don't use oxytocin, for example.

In the community, near her house, her family participates.

We use non-pharmacological resources a lot

and we encourage the autonomy of women.

All you need to have a birth...

in the most natural way possible.

More than 40% of our births occur in the water.

The basic equipment includes an ambulance.

Women can come 24 hours a day,

with any doubt, any problem,

any difficulty in breastfeeding.

Because that's the most important thing after discharge.

We also put posts of collection of breast milk.

Son, call dad.

Dad. Dad.

Dad. Dad.

My little baby

My little baby

Now you will begin to know

Who I am and who you are

Since ever, I had wanted a lot to have a home birth.

And, unfortunately, the time of delivery we had was very long

and there was a moment when our midwife said:

"You better go to the hospital."

It was a wonderful, humanized birth.

I know I took him and he went straight to her.

He was fed 45 minutes.

They didn't cut the cord until it stopped pulsing,

Serginho cut it at the right time.

Tomás wasn't punctured, pricked, manipulated,

in any time until he stopped breastfeeding.

What we gained with that was an extremely calm baby

and that was near me, skin to skin, for two days in the room.

Leaving the baby under observation, after he's born...

Observation of what?

The time for him to be with his mother is right after he's born

so that the mother adapts to him and he adapts to the mother.

It seems that the newborn doesn't belong to anyone.

When he's born, he doesn't belong to the mother or the father.

He's in the hands of the institution.

When the family is already enlightened

and doesn't want any procedure to be done,

they make a rejection term.

But it should be the opposite. We should ask for an authorization term.

We can't avail ourselves of a patient's body

without him authorizing it.

The vernix is ​​the white layer with which he's born.

It regulates the baby's temperature and moisturizes the skin.

The baby is not born dirty and doesn't need to bathe after birth.

There are those who bathe seven or ten days after birth.

Here in Brazil, silver nitrate is still used routinely,

which is an eye drop exclusively used if the mother

has gonorrhea during labor.

And here we often have a baby that was born from a caesarean,

didn't pass through the vaginal canal and the silver nitrate is applied.

In the prenatal we know if the woman has gonorrhea or syphilis...

You were ready, right?

Was it spontaneous?

Yes.

We suggest parents and mothers

who have their children in the ICU.

UCI FATHERS GROUP

Something good happened. But he ends up in the ICU.

I was in the birth room watching the birth screen

and there my son was born.

-Was it surgical? -I saw...

-Was it surgical? -Yes. It was a cesarean.

When I got in, I got really scared.

He had an intravenous tube, a purple foot, a swollen leg.

And what was his diagnosis?

He had water in the lung.

WATER IN THE LUNGS

The water broke.

It broke and there were no contractions.

THE WATER BROKE

And then, we came directly here. We arrived here and the doctor said:

"It broke, you'll have to stay."

Then I got scared, because he was 36 weeks old.

It was very advanced. He had water in his lungs…

36 WEEKS

…and had to be treated to expel water from his lungs.

But, thank God, everything went well and my son is fine, thank God.

My friends' babies grow 50 grams per day.

-They're here all day. -It's a blessing! A blessing!

It's God... I always tell the nurses.

It's God in heaven and them on Earth!

If they were not here, our children wouldn't be here

so we could tell you this great story, right?

-Who's next? -How are you?

I have a documentary team

and I want access to the maternity to pay a visit,

know the facilities and everything.

And talk to someone from the medical team.

I'm going to sit there and call.

Alright? Thank you!

It's the baby that activates birth.

Only the baby can say that he's ready to be born.

It's not the doctor, the mother, the midwife, the nurse.

Each child has a time to learn to walk.

Each child has a time to learn to talk.

And we respect that time.

Why don't we respect their time to be born?

Some are ready with 37 weeks and they are born well.

-With 35! -Breathing, you understand?