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A retrospective comparison of waterbirth outcomes in two United States hospital settings.

Joanne Motino BaileyRuth E ZielinskiCathy L EmeisLisa Kane Low
Published 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.
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