Water immersion in labor, water birth

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No, we don't have waterbirth at my hospital -- it was "taken away" several years before I started there, due to a poor outcome with one baby.  It sounds like it was not the waterbirth itself that led to the problems with the baby, but more of the management of the labor/birth.  I won't go into details, because I value and respect (and honor) the pain that that particular family went through.

However, if you look at the evidence....water immersion in labor, in a low risk pregnancy is SAFE.  Waterbirth --- with lots of references listed to many different studies.  Some studies were good (appropriate power and number of women), while others were not good (small population samples).