I know of an old hippie midwife in my area(she even used to live on The Farm, in Summertown, TN) who swears by waterbirths. She had 11 kids and says she had the last three under water. She is kind of...I guess you could say eccentric. She has even delivered some of her children on her own. Anyway, when she is birthing babies she fills up a cattle trough and the woman labors and gives birth there. She says the difference between water births and dry births is amazing.
I just know I don't want to hurt. I had my second child "natural" at home with a midwife and I don't ever want to feel that kind of pain again.
Just wonder if any of the more alternative hospitals offer this and if anyone has had any experiences with it?