Title |
Labouring women who used a birthing pool in obsteric units in Italy: prospective observational study
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Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2393-14-17 |
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Authors |
Jane Henderson, Ethel E Burns, Anna L Regalia, Giovanna Casarico, Mary G Boulton, Lesley A Smith |
Abstract |
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 maternal characteristics, intrapartum events, interventions, maternal and neonatal outcomes for all women who used a birthing pool during labour who either had a waterbirth or left the pool and had a landbirth, and for the subgroup of women who had a waterbirth in 19 obstetric units, and (b) to compare maternal characteristics, intrapartum events, interventions, and maternal and neonatal outcomes for women who used a birthing pool with a control group of women who did not use a birthing pool for whom we prospectively collected data in a single centre. |
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