The use of a birthing pool for labour is now very common.
Waterbirth itself is on the increase.
Water is widely used to support a non-interventionist approach to
labour and birth at home or in hospital. It is recognised as a safe
option to support labour for healthy pregnant women. Water birth is
within the remit of normal midwifery practice.
instinctive mobility Something almost magical often seems to happen as a woman
steps into her birthing pool during labour. She experiences
effortless mobility in the buoyancy of the water facilitating a
surrender to instinctive behaviour. This allows her to be more
creative about positions she can adopt for an active approach
to labour and birth.
"Many women have found that waterbirth gives the baby a gentle
entrance into the world and it provides a rewarding birth experience
for the mother herself"Why are Blue Lagoon’s birth pools ideal for the job?
The design:Blue Lagoon birth pools are hexagonal in shape and have been
designed specifically for their purpose, being hand-built by craftsmen
from attractive, robust natural wood. The walls are well insulated and
the birth pool retains its heat during many hours of use, requiring minimum
top-up.
Our pools are bigger & deeper than an ordinary bath at approximately
0.701 metres high (2 feet 4 inches). We believe this offers an optimum
depth for the labouring woman to comfortably kneel, squat or sit;
buoyancy effectively ‘cushions’ the woman in the pool.
We hold a variety of sizes of birth pool to suit different height women
and all our pools allow for more than one person in the pool, if desired.
At least two people can sit on the edge of the pool if necessary.
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