Water births are safe for most low-risk pregnancies, and can help you feel calmer and more in control during labour. Your midwife will monitor you closely and can act quickly if anything changes.

Water birth – in which a woman spends some or all of labour and delivery in a warm water pool – has become more popular as a gentler form of birthing. While its proponents claim it helps provide ...

Kay Kay Lineweaver’s first birthing experience in 2021 didn’t go as planned. Her baby was breech and the doctor wouldn’t allow her to try to give birth vaginally, so she ended up with an unwanted ...