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". AABC agrees that published randomized controlled trials provide evidence...
This review includes 12 trials (3243 women): eight related to just the first stage of labour: one to early versus late immersion in the first stage of labour; two to the first and second stages; and another to the second stage only. We identified no trials...
Kate McCulloh already was at the hospital, in active labor with her second son, when she and her husband, Matt McCord, learned that a birth in water was an option. She dove at the opportunity: “Hell, yeah; let’s do it.” About 90 minutes later, at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday,...
In this article published in Essentially MIDIRS. Barbara considers what constitutes a successful waterbirth.
Today, with more and more media attention given to home birth, gentle birth and waterbirth, women across the country are asking how to get that type of experience in their local hospitals. Hospitals and providers have questions, too, and some places are...
MIDIRS overview of waterbirth practice and evidence.
Both the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives support labouring in water for healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies. [pdf-embedder url="https://waterbirth.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/rcog_rcm_birth_in_water.pdf"...
Comparison of waterbirth with conventional vaginal delivery: A non-randomized controlled trial from Iran
Barbara Harper discusses factors around waterbirth water temperature considerations.
A collaborative audit between ten units with data collected during 2001. This paper explores the issues of 'waterbirth' evidence- based practice. [pdf-embedder...