Hi Denis, 
In our unit in Helsingborg Sweden women with PROM, GBS, diet GB, inductions (humanitarian, mild high risk) are allowed to use water immersion. Our guidelines are in Swedish, but I can translate them for you if you want. Unfortunately we do not practice water birth yet some of us do it “accidentally “ - the other day I assisted a women with a previous CS and she gave birth in the bath, quick and easy and just as she had wanted even for the first birth. She was lucky she had a midwife who are confident with water birth by her side.

Greetings Li

Li Thies-Lagergren
Barnmorska, Mmid, PhD
Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper
Barnmorskeprogrammet
Lunds Universitet

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Can anyone share any experiences of the use of water immersion for higher risk women e.g. diet controlled gestational diabetes, induction of labour for various reasons (post dates, mild hypertension), breech labours, prolonged membrane rupture, Group B strep etc. I know some maternity units are extending water immersion criteria to higher risk women to reduce epidural rates.

 

Best wishes,

Denis

Dr Denis Walsh

Associate Professor in Midwifery

Postgraduate Director of Research & Knowledge Transfer

School of Health Sciences

Nottingham University

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