Abstract
Editor’s note : The journal has received a number of letters regarding the commentary “Underwater Births,” published in the May 2005 issue of Pediatrics. The proponents of water birth are advocating a procedure that is not scientifically validated with randomized trials . The letter from Hess is one of several opinions that are pro–water birth, and responses by Batton and Lucey present the conflicting viewpoints . To the Editor .— The pediatric community, through the journal Pediatrics , deserves to be treated in kind regard of their intelligence and in their capabilities to discern “fads” from evidence-based practices, even new practices, such as water birth. A serious attack was published in Pediatrics in October 2003.1 Pediatrics has repeatedly been negative and condemning of water birth. I must question how the research for these articles, including the May 2005 commentary,2 concluded with this opinion that water birth is a dangerous childbirth practice. Many providers and parents, including pediatricians and the American College of Nurse Midwives, have tried to …
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