Pregnancy and Water Birth: Benefits to Mother and Baby Video by Dr Martin Manahan (OB-Gyne) #1 Interview by Doc Willie at Liza LIVE (9/5/17) 1. Water birth is the normal delivery of a baby in a bathtub or immersed in water. 2. Water birth is done extensively in the United Kingdom and other countries. 3. Its advantages are less pain, less cost and gentle transition for newborn. Watch the Video: For those looking for Dr Manahan, you may see him at St. Lukes Global at 789-7700, local 338, and Makat

Water Baby

A water birth means at least part of your labor, delivery, or both happen while you’re in a birth pool filled with warm water. It can take place in a hospital, a birthing center, or at home. A doctor, nurse-midwife, or midwife helps you through it. Advantages: • Help ease pain • Keep you from needing anesthesia • Shorten your labor A warm bath might help you relax and help you feel more in control. Floating in water helps you move around more easily than in bed, too. Some science suggests that t