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How does being in the water affect labor and birth?

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How does being in the water affect labor and birth?

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Water is a wonderful labor tool that cuts the intensity of the contractions by about half. A baby born into the water is generally very calm. It has lived in water for all of it s life and does not take it s first breath until it comes into contact with air, when it is lifted out of the water.