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Trial of Underwater Birth

NCT07313319 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 230

Last updated 2026-04-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Evaluate maternal perinatal outcomes in adult low-risk laboring people randomized to waterbirth compared to those randomized to birth on land.

Conditions

  • Birth

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Waterbirth

Those who remain eligible will have an inflatable birthing tub set up in their room and available for them to use as desired. Waterbirth will be performed in adherence to the following protocol endorsed by the American College of Nurse Midwives.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of New Mexico

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Katrina Nardini · University of New Mexico

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-21
Primary Completion
2028-03-31
Completion
2028-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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