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Water births and perinatal mortality and morbidity

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  • perinatal mortality is not substantially higher among babies delivered in water than among those born to low- risk women delivered conventionally

Evidence suggests that water immersion during the first stage of labour reduces the use of epidural/spinal analgesia. There is limited information for other outcomes related to water use during the first and second stages of labour, due to intervention and outcome variability (2)

  • there is no evidence of increased adverse effects to the fetus/neonate or woman from labouring in water or waterbirth (2)

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