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Water home birth advice.

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Jenny1231990 · 19/03/2015 10:23

I'm 32 weeks with baby number 3, I plan on having my first home birth, but have been considering hiring a pool.
Has anyone done this?
Is it a lot of faff?, I mean are we going to be needing to take buckets out and refill with warm water, how would we empty it?
Questions proobably sound daft. Sorry

I'm moving on the 3rd April and due the 13th may, do you think I should just have a normal home birth with out the extra stress?

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becsparkel · 19/03/2015 13:24

Yeah, we hired one from Birthworks for our 1st but this time round have bought an inflatable spa type thing from Homebase (which is also heated). Many people really rate birthpool in a box, I prefer the heated ones as you don't need to worry about keeping it warm. Midwives have said that it isn't a faff though, as your DH or midwives will top the hot water up for you.

Water is amazing, highly recommend it! Good luck with the move and birth.

mrstothemr · 19/03/2015 13:34

Interested in this too, can't see the homebase one on their site but a heated one sounds great

FernGullysWoollyPully · 19/03/2015 13:42

There's loads of info on this website. Public health England have advised no heated pool because of the risk of Legionnaires.

www.waterbabybirthingpoolhire.co.uk/

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 19/03/2015 13:43

It comes with a pump and hosing for filling and emptying.

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 19/03/2015 13:45

Personally I would still have a heated pool from a reputable hire company but that is me having done very full reading on the case that triggered that alert. The official guidance is not to.

I don't think home base sell birth pools as such. Just spa pools.

pootlebug · 19/03/2015 13:49

I had a home water birth with number 2 and number 3, and would definitely want another if I were having any more kids.

We moved into our house 2 weeks before my due date with number 2…wasn't a problem. I may have had a slightly hormonal rant that the room I was going to put the pool in had to be cleared of boxes at one point

I had a birth pool in a box. Bought it 2nd hand, bought a new liner, hose etc for it. Pumped it most of the way up in advance then added liner and last bit of air when in labour.

Hose went down the hall to downstairs loo sink to fill it. You can get a submersible pump thing that empties the pool back down the hose again. I think it was relatively simple and quick but tbh midwives and DH did that so I don't really know!

We put the hot water on constant from when I felt labour was progressing and it was fine. Top up from hose or kettle if needed. You're not actually in it for hours (midwife will want you to be fairly well on in established labour before you get in) so it doesn't really get too much chance to cool down.

BeverleyCrusher · 19/03/2015 13:52

We used birth pool in a box. It stays warm pretty well as they are so insulated, so just the odd top up with a bucket was fine. I was happy to have it quite cool anyway as I was very hot, and they just warmed it up towards the end for the baby.
Surprisingly little mess, the filling and pump all works well. I would definitely do it again, the water is wonderfully relaxing and even though my big baby flew out in 1 push, I didn't tear

SconeCreamJam · 19/03/2015 13:57

We had a hose coming in from hot water tap and another attached to a submersible pump so that we could empty water out as we were topping up with hot water to maintain temp. You need two hose pipes and a pump, think ours came with the pool to make it easy to empty. Could just as easily use a bucket and kettle but my DH is an engineer so couldn't resist being more inventive! We had La Bassine pool.

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Jenny1231990 · 20/03/2015 09:43

Wow thanks all, I didn't realise anyone had replied. Il definitely look into it. I have a home birth/birth plan appointment at 36weeks so il see what the midwife says. I'm set on home birth now, my second was a week late and we got to the hospital with 10minutes to spare and no pain relief. Eek.
I've heard water births are very relaxing and help with the pain. Thank you my dinning room and kitchen are open plan so maybe having it downstairs would be ideal.

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FirCoat · 20/03/2015 09:53

I used birth pool in a box for two of my HB's, would recommend. You can always pass on to a friend/sell on eBay afterwards.

Personally I wouldn't want to have a HB without a pool again. Be prepared for contractions to intensify when you get in it.

Good luck!

5YearsTime · 20/03/2015 10:05

We've bought a la bassine pool kit and had a run through of setting it all up last weekend. Was surprisingly tricky so would recommend having a run through! We had to buy an extra bit for our tap and work out how we would set it up properly. Thankfully now it doesn't seem difficult but I can't imagine doing all that faff when I was in labour! We've written a list of the steps to filling it that shoud make life easier.

The kit also comes with a pump to empty it too.

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Jenny1231990 · 20/03/2015 12:35

Brilliant, definitely sounds like a plan to have a trial before, kids will probably want to play in it though ha. I will have a look when I get near a computer and look up the prices. X

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Roseybee10 · 28/03/2015 23:29

I had birth pool in a box mini and it was fab. Hired it from www.waterbabybirthingpoolhire.co.uk/about.html#.VRc5AIrfXCQ

The girl was great and was no bother with delivery or pick up. Great service and even sent a congratulations card after the birth.

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