Nā Pōmaikaʻi o ka Hanau Wai

na Patricia Hughes 

ʻAʻole manaʻo hou ka hānau wai. Ua hānau ʻia nā wahine ma ka moʻolelo i ka wai. Me ka hiki ʻana mai o ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou, ua emi ka hana maʻamau. I kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻike hou ʻia ka hānau ʻana ma ka wai no ka mea ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahine i koho i kēia ala no ka hānau ʻana. Nui nā pōmaikaʻi o ka hānau ʻana ma ka wai.

 

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaha: Kōkua ka wai i ka hoʻomaha. Aia kekahi kumu e leʻaleʻa ai nā wahine he nui i ka wai hoʻomaha lōʻihi ma hope o ka lā lōʻihi. I kou hoʻomaha ʻana i ka mehana o ka wai, me he mea lā ua heheʻe kou manaʻo. He mea nui ka hoʻomaha i ka wā hana. Ke haʻalulu ka makuahine, hiki i ka haʻalulu ke hoʻolohi i ka holomua o ka hana. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaha ʻana ma o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana.

Nā hōʻeha hōʻeha: Hōʻike nā wāhine i ka emi nuiʻana o kaʻeha i ka wā e hana ai a hānau i loko o ka wai. Ua hōʻike mai kekahi mau makuahine ʻike ua aneane like ka maikaʻi o ka wai e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻeha a i ʻole epidural. Hana ka wai ma ke kāohi ʻana i nā ʻehaʻeha i loko o nā aʻalolo o ke kino. ʻO ka wai kahi ala kūpono i nā lāʻau ʻeha no nā wahine e makemake ana i ka hānau hānau ʻole.

Hoʻemi ʻia ke kaumaha o ka ʻōpū: ʻO ka nui o ka ʻeha i ka hana ʻana ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o ke kaomi i loko o ka ʻōpū. I ka neʻe ʻana o ka pēpē i loko o ke pelvis, piʻi kēia kaomi. ʻO ka puʻuwai kūlohelohe i loaʻa mai i ka wai e kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i kēia kaomi. ʻO kēia ka hopena i nā ʻiʻo hoʻomaha a emi ʻole ka ʻeha.

ʻOi aku ka nui o ke komo ʻana o ka hoa, ka hoa a me ke kumu aʻo: Manaʻo pinepine ke kāne a i ʻole ka hoa pili i ka hoʻokuke ʻia i ka ʻaoʻao i ka wā o ka hana a me ka hānau ʻana. ʻO nā kahu hānai, nā kauka, nā doulas a me nā limahana ʻē aʻe e lawe i luna. ʻAʻole hiki kēia me ka hānau wai. Ke hilinaʻi nei ka makuahine hana i kāna hoa no ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka nānā ʻana. Hoʻokomo pinepine ke kāne i ka wai ma hope o kāna wahine e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo a me ka paipai.

ʻO ka hoʻololi maʻalahi no ka pēpē:  Noho kāu pēpē i loko o ka wai no nā mahina ʻeiwa i hala. I ka wā hānau, haʻalele ʻo ia i ka ʻoluʻolu o ka ʻōpū no ke ea anuanu o ka lumi hānau. Ke hānau ʻia ka pēpē i ka wai, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻololi iā ia. Ma mua o ka paʻi ʻana i ke ea anu, ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia i loko o kahi honua kamaʻāina, mahana a pulu. Ma hope o ka hānau ʻana, ʻaʻole lawe ʻia ka pēpē i kahi papaʻaina hoʻokolohua anuanu, akā ʻae ʻia e ʻoluʻolu ʻia e kona makuahine a hānai ʻia. He komo maluhia kēia no ka pēpē a he manawa kūikawā no ka ʻohana hou.

 

ʻAʻole i lōʻihi loa ma mua, ʻaneʻane hiki ʻole ke hānau wai ma ka haukapila. ʻO ke ala wale nō e loaʻa ai kēia ʻano o ka ʻike hānau ʻana me ka pale keiki ma ke kikowaena hānau a i ʻole kahi hānau hānau. Ke hāʻawi nei ka nui o nā halemai i ka hānau ʻana i ka wai, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka ʻike o ke kaiāulu olakino i nā pōmaikaʻi a haʻi nā makuahine hāpai i ko lākou manaʻo.

 

Inā makemake ʻoe i ka hānau ʻana i ka wai, pono ke kahu mālama ola āu e koho ai. I ka nīnauele ʻana i nā kauka a me nā palekeiki e nīnau i nā nīnau e pili ana i ko lākou manaʻo e pili ana i ka hānau wai. Inā ʻaʻole hana ke kauka i ka hānau wai a ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka haukapila nā mea pono e pono ai, makemake paha ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi mea mālama ola.

Kawaihae
He mea kākau kūʻokoʻa ʻo Patricia Hughes a he makuahine o ʻehā. Loaʻa iā Patricia kahi kēkelē laepua ma ke kula haʻahaʻa mai Florida Atlantic University. Ua kākau nui ʻo ia e pili ana i ka hāpai ʻana, ka hānau ʻana, ka hānai ʻana a me ka hānai ʻana. Eia kekahi, ua kākau ʻo ia e pili ana i ka hoʻonaninani home a me ka huakaʻi.