“A home water-birth had been my dream for years...and though I was chided by my co-workers and friends ("What if something goes wrong!?") I had envisioned and planned for this long enough to know that this childbirth, at home - communicating with my sweet child and being comforted and supported by my husband and friends - was the perfect place to be. My 9 pound boy was born after 6 hours of lovely (though tough at times) labor and support. Our birth experience was as perfect as I had envisioned.”

-Lorie

"I was in the pool continuously for three hours gaining confidence and power. I found the boundary of the pool very helpful in finding my own strength, and not leaning on others. I became very defensive of this space & anyone invading it or weakening the process of coming into my power.”

- Sara

“No one told me when I was in labor. No one checked or recorded my dilation, effacement or station. No one told me when or where to sit up, lie down, eat, drink, or pee. No one screwed wires into my baby’s scalp. No one ruptured her membranes. Angelica was not touched by anyone outside of her family as she entered the world. No one shoved a bulb syringe into her tiny newborn nose. She began to breathe in her own time, while still receiving oxygen from her placenta. She was not taken from me to be swaddled and isolated in a plastic warmer with a pacifier in her mouth. She was warmed under a towel by her skin touching mine, and comforted by a warm breast and her mother’s milk…the first other place she rested outside of my arms was on her Father’s chest,...don’t settle for less!”

Laurie -Morgan

“I was weightless and I could turn so easily. I felt that I actually delivered my own baby. No one shouted at me to 'push.' I pushed when I needed to push. Because no one could really see 'down there,' I felt like I avoided a lot of needless exams. When the baby came out, the midwife brought him to the surface and he just breathed. He didn't cry  - he just took in this deep breath and wrinkled his nose. I think he was telling us he disapproved of this 'air stuff.' "

-Jill

“I was free to labor in a warm tub and also within my husband's embrace, and upon the point of delivery my joyful blessing was to able to push with my body, and pull with my own arms, my dear daughter -out of me and into a warm and welcome embrace also. Lovely!”"

-Sharlene

“When the pool was ready, I got in and completely relaxed. I didn’t have another contraction for at least 30 minutes, maybe longer. I had a few more contractions, but they were 10% of the pain I had experienced before getting in the pool.”

-Candi

Using a WaterBirth pool gave me a sense of privacy and my own space. The feeling of weightlessness in the water helped relieve the pain as I had a feeling of great freedom to move about and work with the contractions."

-Kelly

“I found myself quite calm during the pushing, and knew when to slow down to prevent tearing. Often in a ‘land’ birth, the midwife will hold a heated cloth on the perineum to help prevent tearing. In the water, I was surrounded by warmth, and even though it was my first labor and delivery, I never tore.”

-Candice

Your Complete Guide to WaterBirth

A natural, safe and comfortable way to have your baby.

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