On 6 Sep, 12:24, Kevin wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
oblong wrote:
Please help!

I'm planning a home birth and would like to have an inflatable pool
for pain relief purposes, there are two options, they are both at the
smaller end of the birth-pool spectrum.. here are the weights of the
pools (filled):

Why don't you just go to hospital like normal people?

each to his/her own, with MRSA would you go in if you had a choice????

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Kevin R
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Re this "debate" of hospital v home, the obvious risk no one seems to
have cottoned onto is that if something goes wrong, either with mother
or baby, then you need to get to hospital pdq. So the answer is that
there is absolutely nothing *wrong* with home births and much to
commend them in terms of happiness of the mother and family
provided that you have....
had a competent risk assessment from the antenatal specialists for
both and baby
and
that, if there is any evidence of risk, it is assessed then you
balance the 'good feeling' *advantages* [not life-significant] of home
birth for high risk patients v the known medical and life-preserving
advantages of a quick medical response in case of an emergency. Were,
for example, the home to be 2 mins from the local hospital then the
risk is much reduced as she could get to hospital easily. If, however,
the homebirth was in the middle of the Lake District 90 mins of winter
driving from the nearest hospital the risk factors are increased and
one would question the benefits.

An intermediate solution is to make maternity wards much more like
home where you are provided with the full spectum of choice for birth
so it becomes more attractive to mothers to be.

Chris (whose 'SWIMBO' happens to be a paediatrician who takes in the
results of some ill-thought-out home births with concommitant O2
deprivation - not a good gift to impart to your baby on starting
life!)
PS put the birth pool near a wall bearing not in mid span!