Hi all
I’ve wanted a water birth throughout my pregnancy and made this very clear, even during my booking in appointment.
I had my birth plan appointment at 35 weeks and have now been told that I can’t have one due to being now over 100kg as it’s against health and safety for the midwives, they don’t have lifting equipment as it is meant to be a ‘home from home’ setting in the MLU so would not be able to get me out of the pool in an emergency. Instead I’m being offered a bathtub, which is hardly the same thing! (Plus, how would they get me out of there in an emergency??)
Can I challenge this? Has anyone successfully challenged this? I’m now really considering giving birth at home, but DH is very anxious and would much prefer hospital in case of emergency.
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LeiaOrganaBananaHamock · 09/02/2024 19:01
LeiaOrganaBananaHamock · 09/02/2024 19:01
Hi all
I’ve wanted a water birth throughout my pregnancy and made this very clear, even during my booking in appointment.
I had my birth plan appointment at 35 weeks and have now been told that I can’t have one due to being now over 100kg as it’s against health and safety for the midwives, they don’t have lifting equipment as it is meant to be a ‘home from home’ setting in the MLU so would not be able to get me out of the pool in an emergency. Instead I’m being offered a bathtub, which is hardly the same thing! (Plus, how would they get me out of there in an emergency??)
Can I challenge this? Has anyone successfully challenged this? I’m now really considering giving birth at home, but DH is very anxious and would much prefer hospital in case of emergency.
TheOneWithUnagi · 11/02/2024 09:32
To add: I hired a birth pool for home and the protocol is to cut it if they need to get you out quickly!
They said that they have never actually had to do that but would do in case of absolute emergencies and if they couldn't get you out another way - we considered having the pool upstairs so this changed our mind!
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