How did you get into vlogging about natural birth and parenthood? I had been vlogging mostly beauty and fashion videos, and they weren't really gaining much traction. It wasn't until I had my first ...

While most water births are successful, they can also be risky, according to American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists-a fact that one Oregon mom can ...

A water birth is not for all women undergoing labor. Some of the criteria used to select women who are suitable for this mode of natural childbirth include: There are other conditions as well which ...

Are you considering a water birth for your delivery? Water births are literally births that happen in the water of a tub. Although it might not be the birth you have seen on television, water births ...

Hannah Dahlen receives funding from NHMRC grants to study impact of place of birth on outcomes and midwife-initiated oral health care. She is affiliated with the Australian College of Midwives ...

Maybe you have a girlfriend who swears her water birth helped her feel so much better during labor. Or maybe you've just seen the practice crop up more and more on your news feed. Regardless of how it ...

Earlier this month, Lumina Gershfield-Cordova gave birth to her healthy 8-pound daughter in a large tub of warm water. And from that portable tub — set up in the bedroom of her Somerville, Mass., ...

Women seeking water births can labor in tubs and immersion pools, but should get out of the water when it's time to deliver, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) said Monday, ...

Cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been documented at hotels, gyms and even health care facilities, but a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that even newborns ...

British tabloids report Meghan Markle may have had a water birth at the hospital. Water births typically happen in a birthing pool in water that's about 18 inches deep. According to the American ...

In the largest epidemiologic study of arsenic and birth outcomes to date, researchers estimated arsenic levels in U.S. private well water sources by county and compared estimates to documented birth ...