Homebirth General Discussion #5

[HotI]

Has anyone birthed in their normal bath? i think i would prefer that to a birth pool in the living area.

[LionsandBears]

I keep telling this bub s/he needs to slip out in the bath. The problem being, it's really shallow. My fear would be bub lifting out of the water when pushing, then dunking them back in again. Also, there's the whale factor to consider There will come a time I'm not going to be able to maneuver. Lying on my back in labour is the worst. I hope a bigger pool is better for moving and keeping back and front warm at the same time. Mind you, I didn't use a birth pool last time. I spent most my time in the shower or on the loo. I may prefer that again this time.

[meow]

I would have hated our bath- I couldn't move in there by the end of the pregnancy. I loved the deep birth pool. It depends on your bath though I guess. I remember seeing Rikki Lake birth in her bath on BOBB and it looked damn uncomfortable to me. I used the shower first labour but the pool kicked arse this time around! I had a super deep pool so could kneel and be upright.

We set our master bedroom up as the birth room. We didn't use it for ourselves as it's at the front of the house away from the other bedrooms, so it was only being used as a study/spare bedroom. It was great because it felt private and tucked away and had an ensuite so filling the pool was easy.

[LionsandBears]

How big are the pools anyway? How much room do you need, including people being able to get around them?

[Tegam]

Tash: NAH NAH NAH works for me!

Meow: Normally id race in there and read that link but just not feeling i have it in me, but thanks for sharing and super thanks for the warning!

LadyBug: Cant be too far away... well that is if you arent like Mad

I didnt set up anything special for DS birth and just had the important stuff in boxes in our room. Same really for DD3 but i just moved it to whichever room i was sleeping in that night LOL.

Never birthed in water... Normal bath looks too small to me tho!

BBL

[Lady-bug]

Hi all,

Just a quick update, our babe arrived a week ago, perfectly at home in the water. He is just beautiful!

Labour was 10 hrs and he was posterior. Will write a birth story soon (hopefully)

[Eenee]

Congratulations lady bug!

[Tegam]

woohoo ladybug

[Cassius2]

Has anyone birthed in their normal bath? i think i would prefer that to a birth pool in the living area.

my concern would be size constraint...and the fact that it isnt padded... what i loved about my birth pool that i hired was that it was super soft on my knees and had a really wide inflated edge for me to really lean into and grip/hang off and also allowed my birth support to comfortably sit on...oh and did i mention the awesome size lol?! i loved being able to move away from my people so that i could get away from them to the far corner and just focus on Marta and I...

Tash: hmmmm cant remember the exact dimensions...but you can check out the picks on my FB i found there was enough room to switch sides and stretch out etc.