Promotes deeper relaxation. Immersion is often more effective and safer than an epidural. Facilitates a dysfunctional labor. Water can reduce the need for drugs to artificially stimulate labor. Change of consciousness.
Water helps a woman to let go and focus inward as labor strengthens.
Moisture in the air makes it easier to breathe and can be helpful to women with asthma. Facilitates the second stage of labor. Many mothers are less inhibited in the water. The warm water softens the vagina, vulva, and perineum, leading to fewer injuries to these tissues. Empowerment of the mother.