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The benefits of using water for labour and birth are well known... Here are the facts... Relaxing in a deep pool of warm water can be a wonderful aid in labour. It’s...
The keyword that defines our approach to design is 'Active'. If we look up the definition of 'Active Birth' we get, "Childbirth during which the mother is encouraged...
"Introducing a deep pool of water to the birthing room is a way to make your labour shorter, easier and more comfortable. It increases your sense of privacy...
Right from the start we have made education an important part of who we are and what we do. Browse through the categories below or use the search engine...
Active Birth Pools give midwives safe, practical options for dealing with emergencies. The evacuation a collapsed woman is potentially hazardous and poses risk of injury to mother and...
"Freedom of Movement" The simple, short video has garnered over 11,000,000 views on YouTube. It shows how mothers instinctively relate to our pools and move naturally to find...
Studies have shown that upright labour positions are associated with a reduced second stage, fewer episiotomies or instrumental intervention in contrast to mothers labouring on their backs. Many...
As nossas premiadas piscinas de parto com água de qualidade hospitalar têm estado no topo do mercado há mais de 35 anos! Facultam higiene e segurança incomparáveis a...
हमारा पुरस्कार-विजेता हॉस्पिटल ग्रेड वॉटर बर्थ पूल 35 सालों से भी ज़्यादा समय से मार्केट में टॉप पर है! ये बेमिसाल स्वच्छता और सुरक्षा, बेजोड़ मूल्य, बेहतर परिणाम...
Palkitut sairaalatason vesisynnytysaltaat ovat olleet markkinajohtaja yli 35 vuoden ajan! Ne tarjoavat verratonta hygieniaa ja turvallisuutta, voittamatonta arvoa, parempia tuloksia sekä ylivoimaista suorituskykyä. Altaat valmistetaan käsin tilaustyönä Englannissa,...
Våra prisbelönta förlossningspooler av sjukhuskvalitet har varit bäst på marknaden i över 35 år! De ger oöverträffad hygien och säkerhet, oslagbart värde, bättre resultat och överlägsen prestanda. De...
I mere end 35 år har vores prestigefyldte hospitalsbaserede vandfødselsbassiner domineret industrien! De tilbyder uovertruffen renlighed, sikkerhed og værdi, samt bedre resultater og overlegen ydeevne. De er håndlavede...
Le nostre piscine premiate per il parto in acqua di livello ospedaliero sono le migliori sul mercato da oltre 35 anni! Garantiscono igiene e sicurezza senza pari, un...
Onze bekroonde bevallingsbaden van ziekenhuiskwaliteit zijn al meer dan 35 jaar de allerbeste op de markt! Ze zijn hygiënisch en veilig, bieden een onovertroffen waarde, betere resultaten en...
احتلت أحواض الولادة -في المستشفيات الحائزة على جوائز- المرتبة الأولى في السوق لأكثر من 35 عامًا! فهي توفر نظافة وأمان لا مثيل لهما ، وقيمة لا تضاهى ،...
Unsere preisgekrönten Wasserentbindungsbecken in Krankenhausqualität sind seit über 35 Jahren Marktführer! Sie bieten unvergleichliche Hygiene und Sicherheit, ein unschlagbares Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, bessere Ergebnisse und überlegene Leistung. Sie werden auf...
Nos piscines d’accouchement de qualité hospitalière, primées, sont en tête du marché depuis plus de 35 ans ! Elles offrent une hygiène et une sécurité inégalées, un rapport qualité-prix imbattable,...
Bridge to Health - Sian Smith When considering their birth plan, more and more women are choosing to include the use of water at some stage. In fact, around...
Excerpt from article published by Big Birtha who provides information and support for bigger mums and mums to be. All women are more buoyant and supported by water,...
Michel Odent’s groundbreaking report “Birth Under Water” that was published in the Lancet in December 1983 is widely regarded as the seminal moment in time when the use...
Originally published December 11, 2014 World-renowned social anthropologist and birth activist Sheila Kitzinger (1929-2015) was a strong advocate for birth in water, known as waterbirth. A voice for...
In light of the publication of recent articles that report the growing demand from women around the world who want to have a natural, drug free, non-medicalised birth...
In 1977, a state hospital near Paris began quietly changing the way women gave birth. Obstetrician Dr Michel Odent believed that childbirth had become too medicalised and he...
High BMI Waterbirth – time for trusts to take the plunge? AIMS Journal Volume 31 No. 2 2019
Our award-winning hospital grade water birth tubs have been top of the market for over 35 years! They provide unparalleled hygiene and safety, unbeatable value, better results and...
I wrote this article a few years ago. It seems particularly relevant now. Recent news has highlighted the restrictive financial environment that maternity units will be expected to...
Health Times: Karen Keast Water is a life force in more ways than one - it covers more than 70 per cent of our earth and we drink it...
There have been accounts of women labouring and giving birth in water mostly amongst peoples living near a source of shallow warm water such as the South Pacific...
Water birth pools play a vital role in helping mothers experience physiological labour and natural birth. Nothing helps mothers cope with pain more effectively. If mothers are not...
Hospitals in the United Kingdom have been evolving clinical guidelines for the use of water for labour and birth for over 3o years. The protocols for operational policy...
This article first appeared in Midwifery Today, Issue 115, Autumn 2015. There are many reasons to avoid last-minute cesarean sections that are decided at a phase of real emergency....
August 21, 1999 should be remembered as a landmark in the history of water birth. On that day the British Medical Journal published an unprecedented study about "the perinatal...
Originally published by Jessica Vogtman: November 27, 2016 Humans have an integral relationship with the element of water. It runs through our veins, we are born of it,...
9 February 2015 Evidence Based Birth - Rebecca Dekker In April 2014, waterbirth—an alternative method for pain relief in which a mother gives birth in a tub of...
Milli Hill explains why more and more women, including celebrities like Maia Dunphy and Rebecca Adlington, are choosing a birth pool. More and more women are saying yes...
McKenna JA; Symon AG, (2014). Midwifery , vol 30, no 1, January 2014, e20-5. BACKGROUND: although Vaginal Birth After Caesarean section (VBAC) has been promoted successfully as one means of...
