A retrospective comparison of waterbirth outcomes in two United States hospital settings.
Joanne Motino BaileyRuth E ZielinskiCathy L EmeisLisa Kane LowPublished in: Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) (2019)
In this study, waterbirth was not associated with increased risk to neonates, extensive perineal lacerations, or postpartum hemorrhage. Fewer women in the waterbirth group sustained first- or second-degree lacerations requiring sutures.