The midwives at The Shoreline Women’s Center offer water labor and waterbirth at South Haven Health System. Women take charge of their birthing experience as the midwives offer personalized care to facilitate a gentle birth.

Benefits of water labor and waterbirth

• Can speed up labor
• Conserves her energy
• Gives mother more feelings of control
• Promotes relaxation; reducing blood pressure and decreasing pain
• Reduces the need for drugs and interventions
• Reduces perineal trauma and eliminates episiotomies
• Encourages an easier birth for mother and a gentler welcome for baby
• Facilitates mobility and enables the mother to assume a comfortable position for labor and birth

If you would like more information about water labor or Waterbirth contact The Shoreline Woman’s Center at 269-639-2720.