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Water Birth
According to some experts, women who give birth for the first time have less need for pain relief during labor if delivery takes place in a tub full of water. Researchers at the University of Southampton in England, believe that the draft during the first stages of labor greatly reduces the need for epidural injections.
The news, contained in an article released on the website of the British Medical Journal, shows that women may benefit from some of the effects of a birth in the pool without having to necessarily give birth to the baby underwater. Some experts, in fact, are worried that a birth in water is harmful to the baby.
Water Birth
Water is the element which is mainly composed of the human body, so is the most natural for us.
The first written record of a birth in the water goes back to 1805!, But now the pioneers of this technique so innovative and effective, and were Leboyer Odent, who demonstrated the benefits of this “gentle birth” in a 1984 study. The water, exerting a relaxing effect on the whole body, helps the woman to endure the pain caused by contractions making them acquire the right distance and clear the mind.