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Internet Research
Laboring
in Water Helpful for Dystocia
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site)
Waterbirths and Tearing
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Question of the Quarter: What is your favorite waterbirth story?
www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/qq54.asp
What
I Learned from the First Hospital Birthing Pool - by Michel Odent,
M.D.
www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/birthingpool.asp
A
Landmark in the History of Birthing Pools - by Michel Odent, MD.
www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/landmark.asp
A
Midwife's Perspective: Labor and Birth in the Water - by Jill
Cohen
www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/waterlabor.asp
How
to Make a Portable Waterbirth Tub - by Melanie Moore
www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/birthtub.asp
Read
a past issue from the E-News archive dedicated to Waterbirth
www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/birthtub.asp
Cochrane Reviews, Immersion in water in pregnancy, labour and
birth Brief Summary: Reviewers' conclusions: There is evidence
that water immersion during the first stage of labour reduces
the use of analgesia and reported maternal pain, without adverse
outcomes on labour duration, operative delivery or neonatal outcomes.
The effects of immersion in water during pregnancy or in the third
stage are unclear. One trial explores birth in water, but is too
small to determine the outcomes for women or neonates.
www.mdlinx.com/ObGynLinx/thearts.cfm..
To Order Waterbirth Guidelines: United Kingdom
www.sheilakitzinger.com/WBGLorder.htm
An
International Collaboration: Water Immersion During Labor and
Birth
www.sheilakitzinger.com/WaterBirth_Collab.htm
Waterbirths:
A Comparative Study
A Prospective Study on More than 2,000 Waterbirths
Verena Geissbühler, Jakob Eberhard
content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Akti....
Perinatal
mortality and Morbidity Among Babies Delivered in Water: Surveillance
Study and Postal Survey. Ruthe E. Gilbert & Pat Tookey
bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/319/7208/483
Randomised
controlled trial of labouring in water compared with standard
of augmentation for management of dystocia in first stage of labour
Elizabeth R Cluett, Ruth M Pickering, senior lecturer in medical
, Kathryn Getliffe,Nigel James St George Saunders
bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/328/7435/314
The
Waterbirth Debate Up-To-Date Sheila Kitzinger's letter from Europe
Birth
Issues in Perinatal Care Sept 2000
Latest
News on Waterbirth with Sheila Kitzinger
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