Neonatal outcomes after water birth: A retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To compare neonatal outcomes between water births, births with immersion only during labour, and births in which immersion was never used.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed including mother-baby dyads attended between 2009 and 2019 at the Hospital do Salnés regional hospital (Pontevedra, Spain). These women were categorised into 3 groups: water birth; immersion only during dilation; and women who never used immersion.