advice on birth pool for home birth

[amyw]

hello

id be grateful for your experience of / any recommendations on birth pools. they all look pretty similar to me!

thanks

Amy

[The Nappy Lady]

Birth pool in a box for us was great, but it is the only one I have tried so can't comment on others.

You buy anew sterile liner for them so worth picking the pool up second hand, or even borrow one if you can!

[amyw]

lovely thanks Molly

I found a very old thread on mums net which suggested they are both good so i guess i will look out for a second hand one and just get the first decently priced one that comes up!

[mrs f]

I had a la bassine & it was lovely. Water stayed warm, Walls were strong enough for me to lean on for hours on end.

I would say though buy an electric pump for the air & an electric pump to drain the water out afterwards as these made it much easier

Good luck!

[Fidgetsmum]

Another vote for birth pool in a box. Definitely get the extras (electric pumps etc) - make a huge difference to the speed of putting up/putting down. Good luck!

[bumpy]

2nd vote for La Bassine http://www.madeinwater.co.uk/

[telemum]

I've a birth pool in a box you can borrow/have. Used once (successfully and very happy with it). You'd need a new liner. We didn't need electric pump. Let me know if that's helpful - it's the smaller one. I'm 5 foot 4 (and an important half!) and it was absolutely fine.

[sandy_rose]

Another vote for birthpool in a box. I bought the big version off another forumite and it was great. I then ended up transferring to kings and was lucky enough to get a pool there, which was the birthpool in a box small version. Having used both, I think I preferred the small one as I was slipping around less inside it (I'm average height). The small one would have been easier to fill and empty, which does take quite a while, so I think I'd to for that one next time. The pool is extremely sturdy and comfortable.

You could always go and take a look at the one in kings as I think they do tours?

[amyw]

thank you everyone for your replies.

telemum i will PM you re your very kind offer!