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RCOG RCM Joint Statement

Written on April 1, 2006.

Both the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives support labouring in water for healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies.

Waterbirths Comparative Study from Iran

Written on May 23, 2005.

Comparison of waterbirth with conventional vaginal delivery: A non-randomized controlled trial from Iran

Reevaluating Waterbirth Temperature Guidelines

Written on January 23, 2003.

Barbara Harper discusses factors around waterbirth water temperature considerations.

Collaborative Waterbirth Audit

Written on December 23, 2002.

A collaborative audit between ten units with data collected during 2001. This paper explores the issues of ‘waterbirth’ evidence- based practice.

Evidence for Effective Hydrotherapy

Written on September 16, 2002.

The purpose of this study was to search for, appraise the quality of and collate the research evidence supporting the clinical effectiveness of hydrotherapy.

Waterbirth – Looking For Bad News

Written on July 23, 2000.

Last year the BMJ published a paper on mortality and/or health problems in babies delivered in water. The British Paediatric Surveillance unit wrote to all consultant paediatricians asking about...

Waterbirths: A Comparative Study

Written on January 12, 2000.

A prospective study in more than 2000 Waterbirths. Waterbirths were introduced un 1991 as part of a new birth concept which consisted of careful monitoring and birth management, restrictive...

Australian Waterbirth Editorial

Written on September 22, 1996.

September 96, during the European Perinatology Congress held in Glasgow, Professor James Walker of St James University Hospital warns mothers against the water-birth “fad”, claiming...