Daniels K
J Nurse Midwifery. 1989 Jul-Aug;34(4):198-205. doi: 10.1016/0091-2182(89)90082-7.
This paper underscores the serious problems facing institutionalized obstetrics in the United States (demonstrated by alarming cesarean rates) and provides information about a new, safe, gentle birth alternative that uses water during labor and delivery. Pioneered by doctors, nurses, and midwives to lower cesarean rates and increase possibilities for natural childbirth, water birth assists the mother in achieving deep relaxation during labor and thereby alleviates much of the pain and stress of birth for both mother and baby. Water birth may be a safe, helpful, and easy to implement method of improving obstetrical statistics in the U.S. and should be investigated by those health care providers concerned with promoting humanistic childbirth practices.
本文强调了美国制度化产科所面临的严重问题（令人担忧的剖宫产率便是明证），并介绍了一种全新、安全、温和的分娩方式，即在分娩过程中使用水。水疗法由医生、护士和助产士率先采用，旨在降低剖宫产率，增加自然分娩的可能性。在分娩过程中，水疗法能帮助母亲深度放松，从而减轻母亲和婴儿分娩时的诸多疼痛与压力。水疗法或许是一种安全、有益且易于实施的方法，有助于改善美国的产科统计数据，那些关注推广人性化分娩方式的医疗服务提供者应对此展开研究。
