Researchers from the University of Michigan say the risk of infection and ICU admissions for newborns, and of postpartum hemmorhage for women, are the same for water births as for other births, and the rate of severe tears was lower. MichiganRadio
, looked at 397 water births, and 2,025 non-water births.
"And what we found is there's no difference in any of those outcomes except that women who gave birth in the water had a lower rate of tears that would require some kind of repair," said Joanne Motiño Bailey, director of nurse midwives at Michigan Medicine. In countries like the United Kingdom, it's somewhat common for women to deliver their babies while immersed in a tub. And it's not unheard of here in the U.S. But it is less common, mostly because few hospitals and birth centers allow it."My deep hope is that this becomes something routinely available as an option for women who are eligible for a water birth," she said.
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