The effect of waterbirth on neonatal mortality and morbidity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The meta-analyses of 12 studies showed that for the majority of outcomes measured in this...
LONDON — Reversing a generation of guidance on childbirth, Britain’s National Health Service on Wednesday advised healthy women that it was safer to have their babies at home, or in a birth center,...
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) position statement on hydrotherapy during labor and birth.
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The American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) member birth centers have read with concern the recently released ACOG/AAP Committee Opinion, “Immersion in Water during Labor and Delivery”....
Bringing a new life into the world can be a stressful time in a woman’s life: What will the baby need? Will the baby be healthy? What can the mother do to help ensure the baby is healthy? and How can...