Congratulations lady bug!! Very exciting. Can't wait to read your birth story.
Homebirth stories are my favourite.
Liz - how you going with turning bub? I read on another forum a lady helped her bub turn from breech at about 38wks. She put pillows under her hips, put a warm heat pad thing on the southside and a bag of frozen peas at the top and bub shifted around. She said it was uncomfortable, so she tried to relax to let bub do its thing and it worked! I've also heard putting a torch or playing music near the pubis can help encourage bub head down too.
Cassius - how do you keep the water warm in the tub? Do you have to keep bucketing water out and replacing with warm water?
Welcome Ash - do you have birth stories I can read? I need the inspiration.
Tashybabe I've been thinking we should start a "homebirth birth stories" thread with links to all of them. I love reading them too! I might quickly start one and get you all to add to it
Started it here... please help me add the stories. If yours isn't there, I haven't forgotten you! Just have homework I should be doing and searching, cutting & pasting is taking time. https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...tories-163804/
Tash: the birth pools are pretty well insulated in themselves and can stay at temp for roughly 2-3 hours and then only lose half a degree to 1 degree every hour after ITMS. of course this is calculated in a room temp above 21 degrees C though. Because we had floorboards and it was still early september we layed out some old woollen blankets underneath the pool and then topped those with some cheapo $2 plastic tablecloths. the midwives mentioned that you could lay some big plastic sheets over the top of the pool if you wanted (for when/if you got out to do other things during labour). we didnt bother with that though as we figured that with it retaining heat for so long it would give time for DH or someone to top up. (although in the end we were only in there for about an hour before she was born and an hour after that...).
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