Maternal and neonatal outcomes among spontaneous vaginal births occurring in or out of water following intrapartum water immersion: The POOL cohort study.

Julia Sanders Christy Barlow Peter Brocklehurst Rebecca Cannings-John Susan Channon Judith Cutter Billie HunterMervi JokinenFiona V Lugg-Widger Sarah Milosevic Christopher Gale Rebecca Milton Leah Morantz Shantini Paranjothy Rachel Plachcinski Michael Robling

Published in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology (2024)

Among women using water immersion during labour, remaining in the pool and giving birth in water was not associated with an increase in the incidence of adverse primary maternal or neonatal outcomes.

Keyphrases

pregnancy outcomes
risk factors
pregnant women
metabolic syndrome
body mass index
physical activity
skeletal muscle
breast cancer risk