I agree, as I said perhaps they don't offer it here because of lack of trained staff. Both my water births were in the UK and experienced, highly trained and competent staff attended. It was a magical experience I would still recommend but only somewhere they know what they are doing. As Supernurse said maybe you can labour in water (I actually did with my second and delivered on 'land') for some, water is a great pain reliever in itself, but not for all.