I've just done a 'wet' run with the birthing pool at home and hadn't realised how hot the water would be !
Temp gauge said it was correct.
I can imagine that the heat on tummy and back pain when in labour will be wonderful, and being a water baby I am really keen to have a water birth if I can. However, I was only in there for about 20 mins and I'm shattered ! I've got that tired relaxed feeling you get, after soaking in the bath for a fair while.
I'm just a bit worried that it's going to sap all the energy I'm going to need to birth DC2. Particularly if it takes a while.
Anybody got any experiencces they could share with me about birthing in water and how the heat of it affected them ?
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Water Birth, heat - how did it affect you ?
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puffylovett · 06/09/2009 15:27
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