And the baby is quite slippery when you lift them out!
Oh yes! TBH I found the birth pool a pain in the bum within about 5 seconds of giving birth I suddenly noticed the water was colder, I was tired and trying really hard to hold onto slippery, soft baby and not drop him in the water. Then when I wanted to hand him to my H to hold so I could get out of the water my MWs wouldn't let me because it might jerk the cord so I somehow had to heave myself out the pool (it was a high sided wooden one too) while holding baby and I was kind of ****ed off and cranky about it all. As much as I loved it at the time, I was so glad to be out!