Dr Gowri Motha pioneered waterbirths in NHS hospitals, buying the first ever water birth pool in 1987 out of her own pocket for the NHS London hospital where she was an obstetrician. (gentlebirthmethod.com)
She began studying midwifery in 1991, a few months before the home waterbirth of her second child. (waterbirth.net)
The following is an excerpt from Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper, RN, Director of Waterbirth International Research, Resource and Referral Service A Gentle Beginning for a New Life Most people find great comfort and repose with water. (childbirthsolutions.com)