waterbirth

Hi Redshoes...
First of all if it were me 9and it isn't I'd go for the inflatable one as it is re-usable !!!!
The meconium question will depend on the meconium itself..... if it is fresh and there is lots of it... you'll be manage period !

Why would you have it again though.... quite unlikely... it is more common when babies are very late but then again (on average) second babies come earlier and labours are faster. Juts make sure no one breaks your waters !

Oh thank-you!. So it would be a waste of money to pay £300 to hire the heated gentlewater one...???
Also (picking your brain like mad, sorry) if there was meconium in my waters when they broke, is it right that I then wouldn't be allowed to get in the pool again? This happened with my last db who was 15 days late...

Birth pool in a box sayd these measurement :
60" diameter x 22" high when inflated
their bigger one is :
76"x71"x25" high when inflated
52" internal diameter

la bassine says this :
60" 150cm 53" 135cm 26" 65cm

so la bassine seems bigger.

I saw the birth pool in a box and it is big enough.

Just been emailing them about the capacity/internal dimensions. The latter are 110cm x 90cm x 60cm, which makes it quite a bit smaller than it would at first seem (from the external dimensions given...)...not so sure now...don't know how much this matters - any advice?

Oh - I'd better get an order in then - not due until March but don't want to leave it to the last minute and find I can't get one! Thanks for letting us know

they are out of stock until early december

wow - how much more dignified without the fish! Can feel a purchase coming on..

Hmm - didn't work - try this

I have just come across this inflatable pool which looks to be better than the birth pool in a box (no fish! - having compared sizes it seems to be very similar dimensions to most of the ones available to hire.

I have just joined... I am expecting my 3rd baby in May and plan on having him/her at home using water. My second was born in water and it was so fabulous I decided to start hiring more affordable pools bc I thought they were too expensive. Now my husband and I both hire pools and sell paddling pools suitable for birth (this is my declaration of interest, but I'm joining as a mother-to-be!) Hello all!
Amy

Suew thanks for that - I have always laboured in the bath at home before going to hospital where I have twice been denied the pool, so am considering if it's worth hiring one or using the bath then getting out to deliver...those inflatable pools are lovely and cheap but I personally have a mental block about sitting in a 'paddling pool' - better perhaps without those fish!

I'm also really interested to hear if anyone's used an inflatable pool and what they thought of it - are the sides "solid" enough to lean heavily on for example? They also seem smaller than the rigid type and as I'm tall I'm concerned they won't be as comfortable.

How different is it to labour in a birthing pool as opposed to a big bath?

anyone ever used a pool-in-a-box pool ( the inflatable one)? would love to hear comments. thanks

Used the pool at the hospital with ds,labour was becoming very intense, got out to deliver.
With dd, just as well it was already being used, they wouldn't even have filled it half way before she was born.
Someone told me the other day that you now had to visit the hospital and book the birthing pool!! "Oh yes, I 'm definately going into labour at 3'oclock on Monday!" HOW?

I intended on having a waterbirth with my 1st though was unable to due to meconium. I did however succeed with my 2nd, it was an absolutely amazing experience! It was in the hospital in a temp pool and I delivered in the pool too, it was truly amazing and extremely quick!

I laboured in the pool at hospital(I hoped and prayed for months that it would be available for me to use)
I wanted to deliver in water but my waters didnt break until the last minute when I got out of the pool.
Id recommend using a pool to everyone.Ill never give birth without one again!(well hopefully not!)

if you're london based i'd recommend hiring a pool for having at home: £250 for the top of the range one that stays heated and that you only have to change the water in once a week, we used it before i went into labour loads and loads: only place i was truly comfortable when i was that pregnant...i laboured in it (it was a long labour) and whilst i did end up for the very end in hospital i'm absolutely sure that without the pool no way would i have lasted so long at home and that ds would have ended up a c-section for sure...highly highly recommended!

Blu, think it's not recommended for long/first labours as it can, I suppose, start giving way if leant on too long. But as I say, the woman I spoke to was pretty laid-back particularly when she found out what a shortarse I am.

I know 2 friends who had waterbirths at home and they loved it.

Funny, they both said it gave the DHs a serious job to do as well, so they really felt involved - I think both were in the pools with mum (apparently as well as running about with thermometers, pumps etc - all the usual male gadgety stuff )

I had a pool at home for my second too (first born at home too but we couldn't hire a pool as it was a third floor flat) and thought it was great. It's wonderful for buoyancy since I felt soooo big and heavy and it really was relaxing to sit in it before I went into labour. I spent quite a while (about 2 hours, something like that) in it but didn't give birth in it. I found it really helpful and comforting during labour though.

I used an inflatable Splashdown pool for my first, v long, labour - I didn't know it wasn't recommended for first labours, MI - why not?

Bibiboo, I think you need to discuss this with your MW's as they will know the availability of pools at your hospital, and whether you can take in your own.

I would definately recommend it for labour.

used this with my third birth (at home). cut the pain in half immediately, gave birth in there (like MI had an open mind about it when I went in but once in I wasn't going to get out!) and it was all over very fast. much less painful than my previous two hospital births with epidural amazingly enough! (no one believes me when I say this and I would have thought anyone who said that was a loony before experiencing it myself, hey ho)