Fluid modernities: the birthing pool in late twentieth-century Britain
Original Research Victoria Bates ,Ā Jennifer Crane,Ā Maria Fannin British Medical Journal June 2023Ā Abstract Birthing pools are a common feature of maternity units across Europe and North America, and in home birth practice. Despite their prevalence and popularity water birth pools have received minimal empirical or theoretical analysis. This article attends to the emergence, design and … Continue reading Fluid modernities: the birthing pool in late twentieth-century Britain
