Originally published on Romper, August 2, 2019

“Liza Maltz, a New York City-based birth and postpartum doula and certified lactation specialist at Birth Your Own Way, says she frequently uses water with her clients, both for sound and visualization. ‘I ask them to picture themselves in the ocean up to their chest, at that point when the waves are coming. If you are loose and hop up and flow with the wave, you work with it. If you tense up, it can knock you down. That is a lot like birth,’ Maltz tells Romper.”