In the dining room. Bought a pool that included a huge plastic sheet the size of the room. No mess at all. Midwife took the worst of the muck with her (after dropping her watch in the yellow sack with my placenta!!) A few blood stained towels went in the wash. The bloody water went straight down the outside drain. Beige carpets survived intact!

I have had 2 homebirths and 1 hospital birth. Despite the fact that our road was closed on the day my 3rd child was born and there was no running water in the village (a new water main was being fitted !) it was still far better than being in hospital !

We just used some plastic sheeting from B@Q on the floor and some old sheets then just chucked it all away.

I had both my babies kneeling on the floor right next to my bed - it was great I could then just get into bed with the baby - would definatley recommend this - even with our pale yellow carpets !

When my waters broke during my 1st home birth the cat very nearly got a soaking which was pretty funny !!!

I delivered kneeling down next to my bed, we had a cream carpet and not a trace of anything could be seen afterwards.

We bought loads of smartprice shower curtains (99p) from ASDA, my MIL gave us loads of old sheets (For some reason they have millions of the things) and i bought some maternity mats from Boots.

I covered the bed with the shower curtains first then the sheets and then maternity mats wherever i sat/hovered.

Was fabulous and the room was pristine afterwards. Good Luck

Great news

You look after you and that bubba xxx

Blimey munchmummy, that sounds a bit dramatic! Glad everything was OK.

24 weeks now moveit - your experience sounds lovely

Good news is that i had another scan (am taking part in some research at our local hospital and get regular scans) and the obstetrician thought it wouldn't be a problem. Lets hope she is right!

For DD2 I was in the teeny tiny downstairs toilet. In what I thought was early labour, needing to have a poo, the way you do , and having a surprise arrival of baby instead. Lots of mess everywhere, blood splattered all up walls etc. We've redecorated since.

But what was nice was 3 hours after the birth when the paramedics and midwives had gone and hubby had cleaned everything up (bless him) was having a shower and then climbing into bed with DD2 in a moses basket by us.

Having never even wanted a home birth it was taken out of our hands and compared to DD1s hospital birth it was a much nicer experience (even if a bit shocking and quick).

23 weeks already

In the living room in a birthing pool, with plastic sheets under the pool and over the sofa (and towels/sheets over the plastic)

The bathroom is downstairs but things happened quite quickly so I didn't go in there at all.

I think there was one spot of blood on the carpet but that wasn't from the birth, it was me dripping lochia on the floor <classy>

The birth pool was emptied, cleaned and deflated (by the mw's) within the hour. And it was just dh, ds2 and I within 2 hours of the birth <bliss>

I hope your placenta shifts

living room in the pool, watching Gavin and Stacy boxed set! No mess, but I went to the local pound shop and they had cheap waterproof mattress covers for a quid, so used a couple of those to create a waterproof nest on the sofa too then chucked them out afterwards.

I love all your posts and your photo greyskull (your cakes are amazing by the way!).

Despite being induced and back-to-back my first labour was really quick and I only had gas and air so midwife thinks I might not have time to get to hospital this time around - all your stories sound lovely and I really want a homebirth now.

Hopefully my placenta will play ball!

In my bed in our bedroom upstairs. Had plans to do it in spare room (floorboards instead of cream carpet) but in the end couldn't be bothered moving.
Got one drop of blood on carpet after it was all over and I was getting out of bed. No other mess!