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Warm water immersion in labour can diminish stress hormones (catecholamines) and reduce pain by increasing the body's production of pain relievers (endorphins). It can ease muscular tension and help you to relax between contractions. Labouring in water may provide significant pain relief.

Interesting Articles

Pregnancy

Acupuncture - https://acupuncture.rhizome.net.nz/download-booklet/

Labour and Birth

2nd Sage - https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12884-019-2620-0
Leaving Well Alone: A natural approach to the third stage of Labour - Dr Sarah Buckley ~ http://www.sarahbuckley.com/leaving-well-alone-a-natural-approach-to-the-third-stage-of-labour
Waiting to Inhale: How to Un-hurry the Moment of Birth ~ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3209737/
Choices About Cord Clamping ~ http://cord-clamping.com/2012/08/21/choices-cord-clamping-all-the-information/
Common Objections to Delayed Cord Clamping – What’s The Evidence Say ~ http://www.scienceandsensibility.org/?p=5730
PPH 2 and a half times more likely during hospital birth than homebirth ~ http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/12/130/abstract
Third Stage of Labour websit ~ http://www.thirdstageoflabour.org/index.html
Third Stage Research Roundup by AIMS ~ http://www.aims.org.uk/Journal/Vol23No2/researchRoundup.htm
Risk of Haemorrhage is Higher in Hospital than Home ~ http://www.pregnancy.com.au/birth-choices/birth-information/labour-third-stage/risk-of-haemorrhage-is-higher-in-hospital-than-home.shtml
Three Things We Need To Stop Doing to Newborns ~ http://progressive-parenting.com/2012/04/24/three-things-we-need-to-stop-doing-to-newborns/

Breastfeeding Postpartum

Positioning ~ http://www.mothering.com/articles/natural-breastfeeding-2/
Early Breastfeeding Obstacles - Visitors & Helpers ~ http://thegoodletdown.blogspot.com/2010/12/early-breastfeeding-obstacles-visitors.html?m=1
Help them help you ~ http://theleakyboob.com/2012/07/help-them-help-you-new-baby-sign-with-ways-for-visitors-to-help/
A gentle Guide - The Thompson method ~ https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/breastfeedingcoursefiles/pdf/A+Gentle+A+Guide+Towards+Pain-Free+Breastfeeding.pdf

Interesting Videos

'Overdue'
a brilliant short movie about going overdue

60 Second Doulas

Breastcrawl

Doulas make a difference

Original birth in squatting position