Water births are safe for most low-risk pregnancies, and can help you feel calmer and more in control during labour. Your midwife will monitor you closely and can act quickly if anything changes.

Six months after giving birth, a 35-year-old woman said she still felt pain in the region where she received an episiotomy—a surgical incision in the perineum (the region between the vagina and anus) ...

Water births provide “clear benefits” for healthy mums and their newborns, with fewer interventions and complications during and after the birth than standard care, as well as higher levels of ...

According to Harper's research, of 150,000 water births given worldwide from 1985 to 1999, there were no reports of infant deaths due to water inhalation. And a 2012 Cochrane study found no harm to ...

>> IT’S VERY PEACEFUL. GABRIELLA: A LOW PAIN BIRTH, MEDICATION FREE. >> THAT I WOULD BE IN THE SAFETY OF A HOSPITAL, OR AT LEAST WHERE I FELT MORE SAFE WHILE ALSO HAVING A WATER BIRTH. I THOUGHT IT ...