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Abstract Aims: To explore retrospective descriptions about benefits, negative experiences and preparatory information related to waterbirths. Design: A qualitative study. Methods: Women who gave birth in water with healthy...
The literature describes advantages for mothers giving birth in water, but waterbirth is controversial in Sweden and has not been offered at hospitals until recently. This study aimed to...
The cost-effectiveness of mother well-being Abstract: Purpose To assess the cost-effectiveness of water compared with normal land delivery. Methods; A retrospective controlled study was conducted over a two-year period in...
Water immersion for labour and/or birth can be a supportive low-cost, low-tech intervention that enhances women’s experiences of their labour and with positive outcome benefits. In a previous...
A. Thoeni*, F. Ploner and N. Zech 2008 Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, District Hospital of Vipiteno, Northern-Italy Abstract: Objective: The potential for increased risks of infection is...
The American College of Nurse-Midwives position statement on hydrotherapy during labor and birth
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists/Royal College of Midwives Joint statement No.1 IMMERSION IN WATER DURING LABOUR AND BIRTH
MANA and CFM position statement on water immersion during labor and birth
Choosing a Water Birth - Harrogate NHS Trust
Water Birth Guidelines: University Hospital Plymouth
Basingstoke NHS - Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilisation Policy
Zainab Kassim, clinical research fellow in neonatology1, Maria Sellars, consultant in radiology2, Anne Greenough, professor of neonatology and clinical respiratory physiology1 1 Department of Child Health, Guy's, King's...
The New Zealand College of Midwives (Inc) supports immersion of women in warm water during labour as a method of pain management. There is no evidence that remaining...
Watford General Hospital Before use The pool needs to be cleaned every 24 hours, as per instructions below. On completion The Pool Cleaning Record is signed by the...
Zanetti-Dällenbach, Rosanna1; Lapaire, Olav; Maertens, Anne; Holzgreve, Wolfgang; Hösli, Irene (2006) Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Volume 274, Number 6, October 2006 , pp. 355-365(11) Abstract: To prospectively...
Since the early 1980s use of immersion in water during labour and birth has been increasingly promoted to enable women to relax, help them cope with pain, and...
Barbara Harper 2006 The aim of this guideline is to provide a review of information on labor and birth in water and to suggest possible strategies to minimize...
Ethel E. Burns, RM, MSc, Mary G. Boulton, PhD, Elizabeth Cluett, RM, PhD, Victoria R. Cornelius, PhD, and Lesley A. Smith, PhD 2012 Background: Birthing pools are integrated...
Background Enthusiasts suggest that labouring in water and waterbirth increase maternal relaxation, reduce analgesia requirements and promote a midwifery model of care. Sceptics cite the possibility of neonatal...
Elizabeth R Cluett, lecturer in midwifery1, Ruth M Pickering, senior lecturer in medical statistics2, Kathryn Getliffe, professor of nursing1, Nigel James St George Saunders, medical director3 Objectives To...
Barbara Harper 2000 Waterbirth is simple. Within the simplicity of water labor and birth lies a complexity of questions, choices, opinions, research data, women’s experience and practitioner observations....
Immersion in water during labour was popularised as a formal method of analgesia by Odent in the 1970s (Beake 1999), and became widespread after the Winterton Report recommended...
Water immersion during labour and waterbirth is a low-tech but complex intervention that optimises the normal physiological processes of labour and birth. We call for midwives and maternity professionals to...
Health Building Note 09-02: Maternity care facilities - Department of Health
Use of the Pool During Labour and Birth - Frimley Health
Factors influencing water immersion during labour: qualitative case studies of six maternity units in the United Kingdom
Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection from Water Systems in Healthcare Facilities Prepared by the Prevention and Control of Infection from Water Systems in Healthcare Facilities Sub-Committee of the...
Guideline for the use of water in labour and birth - British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives
Disinfection and Sterilisation policy (infection control) – Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS FT
Guidelines for water birth within the hospital and at home – Dartford & Gravesham NHS
Intrapartum care midwifery led unit – Wirral Women & Children’s Hospital
Immersion in water during labour and birth – NHS Forth Valley
Water for labour and birth guideline – Northern health and Social Care Trust
Water birth and use of water in labour guideline – Buckinghamshire Healthcare
Birthing pool use for labour and delivery - Wansbeck General Hospital
Choosing a water birth - East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals
