A mother an toddler in a birth pool at home - research and guidelines on water birth

Research & Guidance on Water Birth

This is a linked list of all research & guidance on Water Birth referenced on the Big Birthas website – for more research documents, please check out the main Research info page.

JointStatmentBirthInWater2006Download
Immersion-in-Water-Cluett_et_al-2018-Cochrane_Database_of_Systematic_ReviewsDownload
immersion-in-water-cochrane-reviewDownload
Waterbirth- a national retrospective cohort study 2021Download

High BMI waterbirth – time for trusts to take the plunge?

Marshall A. 2019

Influence of head-out water immersion on plasma renin activity, aldosterone, vasopressin and blood pressure in late pregnancy toxaemia.

Kokot F, Ulman J, Cekański A. 1983