Emergency Evacuation Insight As a practicing midwife for over 36 years (33 years as a waterbirth champion) I totally understand colleagues concerns about emergency evacuation for a birthing pool whether at home or hospital. Firstly, may I stress this is an incredibly unusual occurrence, and although I teach a skill...

Labouring In Water We often consider labouring in water as a moderately new idea; however, it has been around a lot longer than you’d suspect. There have been confirmed reports of Pacific islanders giving birth in shallow ocean water, as well as Egyptian Pharaohs being born in water. Similarly, there...