One new mother in twenty is diagnosed with traumatic stress after childbirth. In Birth Crisis
Sheila Kitzinger explores the disempowerment and anxiety experienced by these women …

Introduction Data on the safety of waterbirth in the United States are lacking. Methods We
used data from the Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, birth years 2004 to …

Introduction The literature describes advantages for mothers giving birth in water, but
waterbirth is controversial in Sweden and has not been offered at hospitals until recently …

Objective To document the practice of labour in water, to assess the effects of water
immersion during labor and/or birth (labour stages 1, 2 and 3) on maternal, fetal and …

Objective The purpose of this guideline is to provide guidance for the intrapartum
management of spontaneous labour, whether normal or abnormal, in term, healthy women …

Background For women at low risk of childbirth complications, water immersion during
labour is a care option in many high income countries. Our aims were (a) to describe …

Please cite this paper as: Cho S‐H, Lee H, Ernst E. Acupuncture for pain relief in labour: a
systematic review and meta‐analysis. BJOG 2010; 117: 907–920. Background Acupuncture …

Background: Labor pain is one of the severest pains that cause many women request
cesarean section for fear of pain. Thus, controlling labor pain is a major concern of maternity …

The aim of this study was to document the practice of water births and compare their
outcome and safety with normal vaginal deliveries. A retrospective case-control study was …

OBJETIVO: Avaliar de forma isolada e combinada a utilização do banho quente de
aspersão e exercícios perineais realizados com bola suíça durante o trabalho de parto e a …