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WOMEN who have their baby using a birthing pool are less likely to need to have an epidural, researchers claimed today.
A study of first-time mothers experiencing slow progress in labour also found that immersion in water also helped to relieve pain and anxiety and reduced the need for medical intervention to aid their contractions.See the full content of this document
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Birth Pools 'Reduce Need for Epidurals'
The researchers, from the University of Southampton, said this alternative method of giving birth could be used to help in m...
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