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According to the Sirius Institute, Igor Tscharkofsy is one of the world pioneers of birth on water. 20 years after developing and confirming its benefits, Tscharkofsy began helping women to deliver their babies in the Black Sea with the dolphins that lived there.


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Below is my original commentary on the practice of dolphin-assisted births, from 2013. But the tl;dr version: Dolphins are wild animals. Wild animals do not make good midwives. Dorina on her 38-week blessing swim-with-dolphins — a practice considered harmful to the animals. Photo from The Daily Mail


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Dolphin-assisted births exist, and they're frightening. news Meet the woman whose baby will be delivered by dolphins. 'Dolphin midwives' are a thing now, apparently. Dorina Rosin owns a sanctuary in Hawaii, where she leads a peaceful existence with her husband Maika Suneagle.


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May 28, 2013 / 6:08 PM EDT / Livescience.com From water birth to hypnosis, the natural-childbirth movement has tried a variety of innovative methods to accommodate women who are uninterested in a.


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The couple plans for a water delivery among the dolphins, though they have also made contingency arrangements. In the event a dolphin-assisted birth cannot happen, Heather, accompanied by a midwife, will be removed to a nearby family/community farm. It is unclear what would constitute a reason to change the original plan.


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Adam and Heather Barrington, a North Carolina couple expecting their baby to be delivered in July, have traveled to Hawaii to plan a dolphin-assisted birth at the Sirius Institute, the Charlotte.


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Dolphin Assisted Birth - So crazy it just might work By most accounts, water births started in Russia in the mid 1960s, when Igor Charkovsky's daughter was born premature.


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Have a Dolphin-Assisted Birth Heather Barrington and her husband, Adam, have traveled to the Sirius Institute in Hawaii, where they're planning to have a water birth—surrounded by a pod of dolphins.


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When it comes to dolphin-assisted birth, Charkovsky has argued that, essentially, the dolphin views the mother's womb as transparent, communicating with the baby directly by using both spiritual and sonar signals. Charkovsky's adherence to the advantages of the practice goes way beyond dolphin-assisted birth, though.


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Why dolphin-assisted birth? The Sirius Institute points out that research that has been conducted since 1976 has shown dolphins' ability to improve or heal a number of health conditions such as cerebral palsy, depression, autism and Down's Syndrome. Meanwhile, underwater births in the Black Sea have been done for at least 30 years.


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The website for the Sirius Institute lists other benefits of a dolphin-assisted birth, too: "Children born in the water with the dolphins develop 6 months faster over their first six months,.


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Following these first instances of dolphin-assisted birth, some of the reported observations include a mother and baby playing with the dolphins within 45 minutes of the birth, and a dolphin escorting a newborn human baby to the surface for its first breath."


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According to Medical Daily, dolphin-assisted births are rare, but dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT) has been successfully practiced for 25 years in the treatment of patients with mental and physical disabilities. In the end, Heather says, "showing him or her all the love possible, is all that matters."


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Pregnancy. Recent research indicates that bottlenose dolphin pregnancy lasts about 12 months (Wells 1987). During this time, there is very little room in the uterus for a baby to develop. As a result, and to make birth easier, the tail fluke and dorsal are cartilaginous and are folded over in the uterus.


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Celebrated for their intelligence and playfulness, dolphins have assisted in therapy for over 25 years. Stefan Thiesen, Creative Commo Last month, expectant parents Adam and Heather Barrington, traveled from South Carolina to Pohoa, Hawaii in the hopes of fulfilling their dream of a dolphin-assisted birth.


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Called dolphin-assisted births, this unique concept involves pregnant ladies giving birth in front of dolphins, with the belief that the gracious presence of these cutesy marine mammals can.