Water birthing

As anyone who watches TLC's A Baby Story knows what the BBC is reporting here: water birthing is easier of first-time mothers. Unfortunately, A Baby Story watchers also know that going through many hours of labor naked from the waste down in a kiddy pool filled with stagnant water is, frankly, icky. Life is full of tradeoffs (this one, for better or worse, is one that neither Brian nor I will be forced to make).