Establishing the safety of waterbirth for mothers and babies: a cohort study with nested qualitative component: the protocol for the POOL study

Establishing the safety of waterbirth for mothers and babies: a cohort study with nested qualitative component: the protocol for the POOL study

Introduction Approximately 60 000 (9/100) infants are born into water annually in the UK and this is likely to increase. Case reports identified infants with water inhalation or sepsis following birth in water and there is a concern that women giving birth in water may sustain more complex perineal...

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Main Authors: Fiona V Lugg-Widger, Peter Brocklehurst, Rebecca Cannings-John, Shantini Paranjothy, Sarah Milosevic, Sue Channon, Christopher Gale, Rachel Plachcinski, Julia Sanders, Rebecca Milton, Christian Barlow, Abigail Holmes, Billie Hunter, Leah Morantz, Mary Nolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/1/e040684.full

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