strange question about waterbirth

[Liz]

Schmickers - yeah... I did poo in DD's labour, and didn't care then... don't really care now.. still have a laugh about it. Think I even wee'd on the OB LOL. It's just the whole floating in the pool that adds a whole other perspective...

I have seen a couple of births on youtube and the water is very murky and bloody after the birth. Is that common? I've also seen plenty of other waterbirths where the water is quite clear whilst they're holding their new baby tho.

[Oorki Galoorki]

i didnt do a solid poo with my DD it couldnt be scooped! hahaha
and instictivley i moved away from that spot and dd was born in the cleanish water at the other side of the pool...

[Lulu]

Mine was really, really clear....you can see it in the photos. Would have been a little better if it was murky though. Xp eagerly took the photos into my workplace and showed my colleagues....

[Fuzzywuzzy]

My water was really clear too. I had a few little pellets of poo that were scooped out pretty quickly by me or my midwife

[PollyA]

The midwives are pretty good at being discreet, sometimes they are the only people who realise as they scoop it up and get on with it. My DH didn't even realise!

[Fuzzywuzzy]

I think we had like a kitty litter scoop which would only work for solids. I did most of my own scooping because I was happy to be left to my own devices while my midwife chatted to DP

[Antheia]

You know those nets you use to scoop out fish when cleaning their tank? Just get a big one of those.

However, like Oorki, mine wasn't solid either. But it just stayed at the other end of the bath.