Waterbirth Water birth has been recorded as being practiced since the 1800s. This therapy places the woman in a bath or pool of water where the baby is actually born underwater (Davies et al., 2014). This practice became very popular in the 1980s as it offered the beneftts of buoyancy as described with water immersion, but remains controversial with research providing conflicting information (Davies et al., 2014). Today waterbirths are not mainstream and are restricted to women with a low risk pregnancy even though there is a paucity of research in this area with most research being case studies Young and Kruske (2013) did offer some evidence towards debunking the five areas of concern; risk of neonatal aspira- tion, neonatal and maternal infection, neonatal and maternal thermoregulation, and skills of attending midwives.