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    1. Plan for a home water birth and get your partner involved in preparing for the birthing pool. 2. Check the structural integrity of your home's floors if using a pool on an upper level. 3. Take time to review the pool instructions, practice setting up the pool, and fill it early in labor to be prepared for your water birth.

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    1. Plan for a home water birth and get your partner involved in preparing for the birthing pool. 2. Check the structural integrity of your home's floors if using a pool on an upper level. 3. Take time to review the pool instructions, practice setting up the pool, and fill it early in labor to be prepared for your water birth.

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    1. Plan for a home water birth and get your partner involved in preparing for the birthing pool. 2. Check the structural integrity of your home's floors if using a pool on an upper level. 3. Take time to review the pool instructions, practice setting up the pool, and fill it early in labor to be prepared for your water birth.

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    1. Plan for a home water birth and get your partner involved in preparing for the birthing pool. 2. Check the structural integrity of your home's floors if using a pool on an upper level. 3. Take time to review the pool instructions, practice setting up the pool, and fill it early in labor to be prepared for your water birth.

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    12 Steps to Success

    with your Birthing Pool at Home


    These are distilled from our experience supporting thousands of home water births.
    Get most or all of these sorted and you’ve given yourself the best chance possible.
    Note: these assume that you have discussed using water for
    labour or birth with your midwife and have decided to go ahead.

    Assume that you will have your home water birth and plan accordingly. To do otherwise

    1 Plan for Success


    undermines your chances of success. Labour is often unpredictable but if events take
    a different course you can know that you did everything you could to achieve the birth
    you wanted.

    Involve your
    2 partner
    Get your birth partner involved! Have them review the instructions and technical specification
    and take ownership of the set up, filling, temperature management and emptying.

    If not using pool on ground floor, ask a wood preservation company to check the
    Check the floor
    3 strength
    integrity of your home’s floor boards and joists. They will usually do a free quote for any
    work required. In the UK, they can be found in the classification “Woodworm & Dry Rot
    Control” in Yellow Pages or on Yell.com.

    4 Review instructions Takes 10 minutes. Do it at 36-38 weeks, then follow them!

    Check tap Check that you have a tap connector that fits a suitable tap in your home. If not, look at
    5 connectors and hose
    our tap connector guide. We may be able to help you with a different connector, or you
    could buy one from a hardware shop or try a different tap.

    If you don’t have an on-demand boiler, test how long it takes to fill the bath 4 times (for
    Check hot
    6 water capacity
    Regular pool, 2.5 times for Mini). If it takes more than 1.5 hours, consider how to create
    hot water in other ways, eg kettle, urn, large pans on stove. Be careful when handling hot
    water. Make sure you have cold water in the pool first and keep small children well back.

    7 Prepare the floor


    Sweep or vacuum the floor before putting the pool down. If your floor is stone or
    ceramic, cover it with a blanket first to reduce heat loss through floor.

    Make sure the pool and accessories are at room temperature before unfolding and
    8 Warm up the pool handling. PVC is brittle below 10C (52F) and it takes 24 hours (up to 72 hours in winter)
    for the innermost material to warm up when the pool is folded and out of its packaging.

    Practice setting up the pool between 36 and 38 weeks. You can always sell the pool on

    9 Practice set up
    Ebay later if you don’t use it. A full practice including filling with water is even better
    and soaking in a pool can help with late pregnancy back pains
    and SPD. Remember to use a new liner for birth.

    When you start to fill the pool with water, close the windows and doors to reduce
    10 Reduce ventilation ventilation. Once the room reaches equilibrium humidity, the rate of
    heat loss will fall by half. Covering the pool before getting in also helps.

    If your labour is progressing fast, fill the pool at 37C (98F). If it is early days but you
    Start filling
    11 the pool early
    want to get started, fill half full at 40C (104F) in preperation, and take stock before
    continuing to fill. Do not get into a pool with water above 37C – you will be hot in labour
    and overheating can be dangerous for your baby.

    12 Mix the water


    Mix up water before taking a temperature reading. This is especially true if you are
    adding hot water at the bottom of the pool.

    T: 0800 035 0514 E: [email protected]


    www.mygoodbirth.com www.birthpoolinabox.co.uk

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