OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY
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Waterbirth International isn’t just an education organization. We are a worldwide movement, and we invite you to join us.
Our global network of birth professionals, parents, and advocates to make gentler, evidence-based birth practices more accessible around the world. Whether you’re a mother, midwife, nurse, doctor, doula, or educator, this is your opportunity to connect, learn, and contribute to a growing community that believes birth can—and should—be safer, calmer, and more empowering.
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be a part of our movement
Waterbirth International is a small but mighty organization with a global mission. Barbara Harper has spent her life training providers, shifting birth culture, and advocating for safer, gentler care. If her work has touched your life, there are so many ways you can help keep this mission alive.
Barbara Harper’s impact on birth care has spanned four decades, countless countries, and thousands of providers and families. Now, we’re building a living archive to document her journey, teachings, and the global waterbirth movement—and we’d love your help!
Are you local to South Florida and are passionate about water birth, education, and advocacy? We’re always looking for help in archiving Barbara and Waterbirth International’s decades of research, Barbara and have photos, videos and memories. If you’d like to get involved, send us a message.
If you’ve attended a workshop, training, or event with Barbara and have photos, videos, or memories to share, please send send us a message.
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Every contribution fuels this mission—helping us train more birth professionals, expand education, and bring safe, evidence-based waterbirth practices to more families and hospitals worldwide. If you’d like to support this work, please send us an email.
COMING SOON!
capture the beauty of waterbirth photo contest
Are you a birth photographer, birth worker, or birthing parent?
If you’ve captured a powerful moment of pregnancy or birth in water, we want to see it!
Waterbirth International is hosting a special photo contest from April 1 – April 29, 2025.
We are celebrating the beauty, strength, and serenity of waterbirth.
Winning images will be featured on our homepage and social media, and cash prizes will be awarded.
Prizes are 1st Place: $75 USD, 2nd Place: $50 USD and 3rd Place: $25 USD.
Winners will receive prize money through PayPal.
How to Enter
Online submissions open 04/01/2025. Submit your original, unpublished waterbirth image by 04/29/2025. Winning entries will be selected based on composition, emotional impact, and representation of the waterbirth experience.
Contest Guidelines
The photo must be original and not published anywhere online prior to submission. It must show a pregnant woman in water during any phase of her birth.
By submitting, you grant Waterbirth International permission to feature your image on our website and social media.
For full contest details, please see the Complete Rules & Guidelines
Share Your Waterbirth story
Moms & Dads
Have you ever experienced a water birth? Or more than one?
How was your birth experience?
We would love to hear your birth story!
Midwives, Doulas, Doctors, Nurses and the birth community?
Do you know Waterbirth International’s Founder, Barbara Harper?
Have you ever taken a class, course or certification with Barbara?
We would love to hear her impact on you as a birth care professional!
We know that by sharing your experience, you can inspire other families, educate new providers, and change the way the world sees birth, one story at a time.
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