Hi Kirley!

I have had two homebirths - both on land. I think I am just a land-birther! I am still contemplating whether to have a birthing pool at my next homebirth. My first child was born in hospital; we had planned a home water birth (and had a birthing pool available), however, I had PROM and did not progress to labour. So, I ended up in hosp on a synto drip. No water was available to me there.

With my second preg (first homebirth) we decided not to worry about getting a birthing pool - I had birthed on land once and knew that I could do it again! I was also feeling a bit ambivalent about the setting up and packing up of a pool. We had a similar though process with our second homebirth, and by then I was a seasoned land-birther! However, my legs felt very weak at one stage during that labour and it occurred to me later that a birthing pool might have alleviated that.