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Emptying the birth pool

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Misty9 · 20/03/2014 21:43

How do you do this? I know I can buy a kit from online places, but at £50 and not even guaranteed to use it (planned with ds but ended up induced) there must be a simpler/cheaper way!

Also, does it need to be food grade hose or will any old hose do?

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Misty9 · 20/03/2014 21:56

Obviously it would be a new hose, either way...

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JuniperTisane · 20/03/2014 22:00

Dont need a food grade hose to empty it, you do to fill it though so it might as well be the same one. Your partner can empty it with a bucket if feeling energetic but a pump is much easier. Are you hiring a pool or have you bought one?

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Beccadugs · 20/03/2014 22:05

We bought a pump from Maplin for about a tenner.

Should add it was to pump out a whole in our incomplete front drive... But it shouldn't matter if it's to use post birth!!

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Misty9 · 20/03/2014 22:11

We've bought one from eBay - I didn't realise it didn't have all the kit though :(
Ooh, a tenner from maplin? That sounds better! I think it has to be a dirty water submersible pump though... Sigh. I think we'll just have to fork out for the kit then.

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JuniperTisane · 20/03/2014 22:15

I bought my pool from a local NCT sale. It didn't have all the gubbins either so we bought a kit for about £45 quid. It was just easier, and still cheaper than buying/hiring from scratch.

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