Water birth at kings college hospital

[DizzyVB]

Hi all..my due date is 3rd of March...and I wpuld like to know If kings college hospital is good when it comes to waterbirth. E.g how many birthpools do they have? Thanks!!

[Loz334]

Hi there,

Kings hold twice monthly drop-in sessions held on the first and third Tuesday of the month. You just meet at the Nightingale Birth Centre reception desk at 6.30pm. No need to book. I found this helpful as could ask questions and look at the rooms. I think there are 4 pools.

I thought about having a waterbirth but wasn't desperate for that to be my only option which was good as when it came to it, the pool was available but the pump wasn't working. (This was 3 years ago though!)

Good luck 😊

[DizzyVB]

Great thanks for the info!!!!

[monniemae]

I wanted a waterbirth two years ago at Kings (before the Midwife Led unit was open), I got the last available labour room and the room with a pool was already in use, but they also have a blow up pool which they said I could use. Annoyingly they couldn't find a crucial part (I actually never felt sure I believed them because they also announced out of the blue I wouldn't be able to use the pool becuase I had once, as a teenager, had fainting episodes, something which no midwife or consultant had blinked an eye at before...but I guess I'm sceptical about whether the pool really was out of order or they didn't want me in it).

However, there was a bath and I was happy enough spending hours in the bath. So it was fine. Good luck!