[Influence of water immersion on the use of epidural anesthesia during labor].

Objective: Immersion in water during labor could reduce pain and use of epidural anesthesia during childbirth. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of immersion in water during labor on the use of epidural anesthesia in a midwife care setting.

Methods: We conducted a single-center retrospective study of all women who gave birth in the physiological ward of Saint-Étienne University Hospital between October 2020 and December 2022.