https://youtu.be/fTsjSsbRjBY Watch/Listen To The Video Version Of This Article Visualising the perineum during birth has a traditional history which travels back in time to 17th and 18th century. A time when medical practitioners started to become involved with birth and wished to see what was happening. It was also the time of the introduction of forceps which required the mother…
On 29th April, Oxford Brookes University in the UK published a piece titled “Coronavirus COVID-19: Supporting healthy pregnant women to safely give birth” that addresses the questions of birth setting and risks for water immersion in labor. The authors conclude that “Water immersion for labour and/or birth should be supported and encouraged as an effective method of analgesia.” This is a timely…
We have always made time in our product development process to engage with midwives and in May we were fortunate to visit the beautiful city of Savannah GA, to attend the 63rd Annual General Meeting and Exhibition of ACNM. From the 20th – 24th May we had a booth where we were exhibiting our current FP3 Labour & Birth Pool…
https://youtu.be/yMUEnd0cP-Q Watch/Listen To The Video Version Of This Article Wade your way into the water. A 2020 study of more than 26,000 women found that participants in water births reported fewer complications than those who did land births. Yet many people aren’t ready to have a water birth in a hospital. They don’t know what it is like or how it functions.…
https://youtu.be/rJwQOfbB5F8 Watch/Listen To The Video Version Of This Article Role Of Midwives During COVID 19 And Waterbirths During these changing and challenging times I have spent the last few months sharing information about the use of water for labour and birth. I have written widely, undertaken interviews and started Zoom sessions to provide colleagues with up to date and robust…
https://youtu.be/kdgUlGmNXUA Watch/Listen To The Video Version Of This Article There has been many studies and much research undertaken into the benefits of using water for labour and birth, similarly there has been articles written on the benefits of a water birth, using water in labour and how it can help women with pain relief. More research is needed and being undertaken. One…
https://youtu.be/AxxI9Q_O_S0 Watch/Listen To The Video Version Of This Article As a practicing midwife for over 36 years (33 years as a waterbirth champion), I totally understand colleagues concerns about emergency evacuation from a fixed birthing pool either in a birth centre or hospital. Firstly, may I stress this is an incredibly unusual occurrence, and although I teach a skill drill…
https://youtu.be/EnLknPd_oxw Watch/Listen To The Video Version Of This Article Waterbirth has a long history spanning more than 200 years in written record. The earliest record of a waterbirth in the western world was in France in 1803 when a woman, after 48 hours of labor, was encouraged to enter a bath by her physician (Gondinet, 1804). Fifteen minutes after immersion,…
https://youtu.be/kdgUlGmNXUA Watch/Listen To The Video Version Of This Article There has been many studies and much research undertaken into the benefits of using water for labour and birth, similarly there has been articles written on the benefits of a water birth, using water in labour and how it can help women with pain relief. More research is needed and being undertaken. One…
https://youtu.be/xvE-hIqDKYA Watch/Listen To The Video Version Of This Article Planning to put a labor and birth pool into a birth center or hospital takes some upfront consideration. Careful planning initially will pay off in the long run. By getting it right first time, you will have facilities that support good and safe practice for women and their babies, as well…
