Birth Pool Hire

Service Description

Regular birthpool in a box 5 week hire from 37 - 42 weeks Hireage includes: Pool, generic liner, themometer, filling hose, tap attachments and v pump to aid in emptying. Hirage fee includes $50 refundable deposit Placing a pool of water in a birth room changes the atmosphere immediately. Voices get softer, the mother stays calmer and everyone becomes less stressed. The effect of buoyancy that deep-water immersion creates allows spontaneous movement of the mother. No one has to help the mother get into a new position. She moves as her body and the position of the baby dictate. Movement helps open the pelvis, allowing the baby to descend. When a woman in labor relaxes in a warm deep bath, free from gravity’s pull on her body, with sensory stimulation reduced, her body is less likely to secrete stress-related hormones (waterbirth.org). Studies have found that labouring in water poses no extra risks to mother or baby and helps relieve pain, leading to less use of pain medication. In addition, Shaw-Battista (2017) found that mothers who labored in water had less anxiety, better fetal positioning in the pelvis, less use of drugs to speed up labor, and were more satisfied with privacy and the ability to move around (evidencebasedbirth.com).