As low-intervention childbirth methods increase in the U.S., hospitals are offering pregnant moms a variety of options to help them be more comfortable during labor and delivery. A new ...

Water birth – in which a woman spends some or all of labour and delivery in a warm water pool – has become more popular as a gentler form of birthing. While its proponents claim it helps provide ...

When I first heard about water births, I felt both curious and nervous. The idea of bringing a new life into a warm, soothing pool of water seemed magical. However, I soon found many myths that raised ...

Minutes after giving birth Brandy Grob of Wright City holds her newborn daughter Delilah Kimber Jensen as the midwife prepares for her fiance to cut the umbilical cord on Tuesday, July 16, 2014, at ...

There is no evidence that water births, where a baby is intentionally born under water in a tub or pool, poses any increased harm to the child, Oregon State University researchers have found.

The scientific team has observed a reduction in labour and delivery time, as well as fewer obstetric interventions in the mother and fewer neonatal admissions Universitat Jaume I Women who use water ...

Minutes after giving birth Brandy Grob of Wright City holds her newborn daughter Delilah Kimber Jensen as the midwife prepares for her fiance to cut the umbilical cord on Tuesday, July 16, 2014, at ...

Hospitals are increasingly giving women the option of going through labor or giving birth in a pool of warm water. Laboring in the tub is fine, the nation's obstetricians and pediatricians say, but ...