Every time I watch a show where there's a woman giving birth at home they say she needs hot water or there's always a bucket of water around.
2007-05-03 18:37:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
It helps keep other people busy while they wait and also it will help with clean up later on... its not just hot water its towels too.
2007-05-03 18:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by baldy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha that's so funny you asked! When I was 18 my sister in-law decided to have a home birth for their second child and invited me to watch and participate. The midwife showed up and first thing she says to me is, "go boil me a pot of water." So I go and do it, thinking I'm doing something important...because like you I always saw them needing the hot water during births on TV....yeah, well, she made TEA!
2007-05-04 01:52:29 · answer #2 · answered by stephanie g 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To sterilize things including hands and to wash the woman and baby with sterile cloths. Also to clean up the mess. You don't want to clean a baby with a cold cloth!
2007-05-04 01:42:06 · answer #3 · answered by moondrop000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to sterilize things and to clean up the mother and baby...(after the water has cooled down a bit..don't wanna boil Mom and Baby..)
2007-05-04 01:42:28 · answer #4 · answered by Chrys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To sterlize things and wash up the mother and child after. Nobody likes a cold wash cloth.......
2007-05-04 02:55:20 · answer #5 · answered by soccerref 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It gives the other people there something to focus on to keep them busy
2007-05-04 01:40:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To wash away the goo that comes with childbirth.
2007-05-04 01:43:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coffee of course..Liz.
2007-05-04 01:42:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋