I will hopefully be moving house before the birth of this baby. My last was born in this house in the lounge in water, and I would very much want to do it the same way again. I asked the surveyor to look at the floorboards of the new property to tell me if the bedroom floor would be strong enough for a birth pool. He is going round today and said that due to its age (early Victorian) it almost certainly wouldn't be able to take the weight.
This threw me into a panic, as I can't imagine coping without the water after a certain point. It feels like flying the trapeze without a safety net.
Dp said we could put a pool in the basement where there is a large open plan kitchen/living area, but I can't imagine making that area cosy because it is big, light and airy, and it is a kitchen. Surely I might as well go into hospital??
Another thing about that idea is that the bedroom is two floors above the basement and the toilet is one floor above, so I would have to be tramping up and down stairs.
I am in a tizz. Anyone else planned it and done it nicely in the kitchen? Am I attaching too much significance to the water?
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Water birth at home - have to have it in the kitchen or not at all...what do you think?
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rubles · 03/04/2007 10:25
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