Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (AP) — Sitting in a tub of warm water can relieve a mom-to-be's pain during the early stages of labor, but actually ...

Hospitals are increasingly giving women the option of going through labor or giving birth in a pool of warm water. Laboring in the tub is fine, the nation's obstetricians and pediatricians say, but ...

EDGERTON--The business side of Matt Lovell kicked in after he and his wife, Melissa, spent about $300 on a birth tub to deliver their third child at home last year. Add in a water pump, hose and other ...

Two and a half months ago, she gave birth to a girl, Lia, in a birthing tub at home, under the care of a licensed midwife. "The water helped me so much to relax. I was even able to doze off a little ...

New Delhi: There’s something quietly irresistible about the idea of a water birth: warm water, buoyant comfort, less pain, and a gentler entrance into the world. Lately, more birthing centres and ...

WASHINGTON -- Sitting in a tub of warm water can relieve a mom-to-be's pain during the early stages of labor, but actually giving birth underwater has no proven benefit and may be risky, say ...