background & aim: warm water immersion during labor is associated with relaxation and pain reduction for pregnant women. this method is not extensively used in iran, given the fear of infection and other maternal/neonatal complications. alternative methods are required to increase the safety of normal vaginal delivery. the purpose of this study was to compare maternal and neonatal outcomes, ass...

background: assessment of quality of life (qol) is of paramount importance for improving postpartum qol which will in turn enhance qol of mothers, children, individuals, and the community. the present study aimed to evaluate and compare postpartum qol after cesarean section (cs), normal vaginal delivery (nvd), and water birth delivery. methods: this descriptive analytical, cross-sectional study...

Akbari S1, Rashidi N2, Changavi F3, Janani F3, Tarrahi MJ4 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran 2. GP, Khorramabad, Iran 3. Instructor, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran 4. Instructor, Department...

Introduction: Although warm water is used for labor pain reduction, there is controversy regarding the potential complications of water birth. Therefore, this study was performed to evaluate fetal and neonatal complications of water birth versus those observed in conventional modes of delivery. Methods:This clinical randomized trial was performed on 200 pregnant women at Mashhad Omolbanin Hosp...

© www.sarawickham.com This article first published 2005 Practising Midwife 8(11):37. Republished with permission for personal use only. Page numbers do not correspond to the original. Please do not reproduce/reprint without prior permission, thank you. Most midwives have heard of the “theoretical risk of water embolism” that is often cited as a reason to haul women out of a birth pool and onto ...

AIM Differentiating features were sought for respiratory distress after water birth versus air birth in term low-risk babies. Clinical and X-ray features were to be assessed to determine if the disease processes could be differentiated. METHODS Review of case records and X-rays over a 7-year period for all admitted babies with respiratory distress after water birth and a similar group of babi...

BACKGROUND Interpretation of previous associations between water intake and adverse birth outcomes is challenging given that amount and type of water consumed can be non-specific markers of exposure or underlying behavioural characteristics. We examined the relationship between water intake measures and adverse birth outcomes in participants from three study sites in the United States. METHOD...

OBJECTIVES We reviewed 1600 water births at a single institution over an 8-year period. METHODS We compared 737 primiparae deliveries in water with 407 primiparae deliveries in bed, and 142 primiparae on the delivery stool. We also evaluated the duration of labor, perineal trauma, arterial cord blood pH, postpartum maternal hemoglobin levels, and rates of neonatal infection. In 250 water deli...