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Is there any indication of what direction kate will be going in terms of her labor? reporter: right. there is one indication. she has obstetricians. she does not have midwives. most women in the united kingdom are delivered by a midwife. she has an obstetrician. obstetricians i think are going to be less likely to use the tub, less likely to use that sort of birthing chair with the fabric that you grab. sort of less likely to use those things. whichever works. as long as baby s healthy. that s all that matters, right? exactly. i like the curtain. if we had had that i may still have full movement of my right arm. my wife almost tore it right off my body. i like that curtain. we should have that here. not once. not twice. three times. what i learned after that first time. stand back. keep that safe distance. all right. we ll be talking about the baby on baby watch all morning. a lot of other news developing. michaela is going to give us that. chris, kate, victoria, good ....
They can have aqua durals. the water may be all she needs. reporter: if kate wanted a tub, william could be right there with her. there s also a birthing chair. if kate wanted one of these contractions, she d sit in front and william behind her. this is kind of instead of an epidural? yes. reporter: grabs on to this and feels better. also probably helps in pinching their husbands. reporter: one pain drug is quite common here. i m here in the delivery room with april. she s about to have a baby. she s doing something that s almost unheard of in the united states. she s taking laughing gas. for pain. it doesn t make you laugh, though, even though it s called laughing gas. reporter: nothing s funny right now? no. nothing is funny. reporter: here s another difference between giving birth in the united states and the united kingdom. when i was in that hospital in london the post partum room, the room after they give birth, ....
To 6 out of 10 women in the state. delivery rooms in london are actually designed to avoid epidurals. instead, moms can have aqua durals. so this is a birthing pool. women give birth under water. now, in the united states, water births are considered, well, kind of fringy. here in britain, they re normal. the water may be all that she needs. reporter: if kate wanted a tub, william could be there with her. dad is in the pool? can be. we encourage them to wear trunks and a t-shirt. reporter: there s also a birthing chair. if kate wanted one of these contraptions she d sit in front and william behind her. so this instead of an epidural? yes. reporter: she grabs on to this and feels better? probably helps pinching their husbands with the pain. reporter: a pain drug, almost unheard of in the u.s., common here. laughing gas. it doesn t make you laugh ....