The POOL Study: Establishing the safety of giving birth in water for mothers and their babies
Warm water immersion during labour provides women with analgesia and comfort. Many women in the UK use intrapartum water immersion analgesia, some of whom also give birth to their baby in water. The POOL cohort study was the largest global study of the safety of waterbirth describing outcomes for over 60,000 women using intrapartum water immersion analgesia.
Julia Sanders is Professor of Clinical Midwifery at Cardiff University. She has been a midwife for many years, completed her MPH and PhD with support of a MRC Fellowship and works closely with the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford University.
Date:
27 February 2024, 13:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2024)
Venue:
Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Professor Julia Sanders (Cardiff University)
Organising department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Part of:
Richard Doll Seminars
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Graham Bagley,
Hannah Calkin,
Isobel Young
