Sentences with phrase «birthing tub»

Both of my children were born in birthing tubs.

I gave birth both times at a military hospital where they don't have things like birthing tubs.

For this reason, many birthing centers offer birthing tubs as a form of pain management.

You can use your bathtub if it's big enough, but most women either buy or rent a special birthing tub.

Our birth rooms have queen - sized beds, spacious birthing tubs and ensuite bathrooms.

They only had one tub, so it was a first - come - first - serve basis, but I was lucky enough to labor and deliver inside the high - tech, super-sterile birthing tub in its own separate room.

These rooms feel more like bedrooms than hospital rooms, often including big cozy beds, couches and chairs, beautiful art work, large birthing tubs (much like the tubs you'd find at a fancy resort but designed for birthing), large ensuite bathrooms with showers, and more.

This is LA, and at every baby shower I attended numbers were being traded for celebrity midwives and birthing tub delivery services and places to buy custom baby slings woven by a commune of socialist vegan grandmas in Bolivia.

Due to water's analgesic effects, many midwives call birthing tubs the «natural epidural.»

In the uncomfortable transition between hospital - based prenatal care and deciding on a homebirth, moms are bombarded by objections from OBGYNs who can't fathom the need for inflatable birthing tubs, sibling involvement in baby's arrival, and cozy postnatal naps in our own beds.

Water birth is offered at the Lucina Birth Centre in our spacious, specifically designed birthing tubs.

Ummm... most hospital birthing centers my sisters have used had options such as birthing tubs, keeping the baby with you (although... honestly, I can't imagine not wanting to just get a few more hours of uninterrupted rest), etc..

Move over, indoor birthing tub.

-LSB-...] If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.Both of my children were born in birthing tubs.

The birth is about the mother too though, otherwise they wouldn't offer pain killers or hospitals now offering birthing tubs or fancier rooms for you to be more comfortable in.

I got into the birthing tub and we laboured well there.

With my third baby, we gave birth in the living room of our house in a birthing tub of warm water, attended by midwives.

Buy lots of plastic sheeting and cheapo towels and set up birthing tub (sans water, of course).

After weeks of many, many, many contractions each day, and many moments of thinking we were in full - on labor (oh... the birthing tub that was filled up and then drained so many times by my sweet husband)... the actual day of labor amounted to a total of 43 minutes from the time I woke up with a start until I was snuggled back in bed with a baby.

But not far - we'll just put the birthing tub right next to it anyway.

I was able to have a water birth at the hospital, but birthing tubs are available for rent in many areas.

Our first homebirth was in our front yard, in a birthing tub, and our second in a tipi in our yard.

My very best friend drove to the hospital the moment I started labor, so she was there from start to finish and witnessed every painful contraction, the unsuccessful attempts at using the birthing tub and the birthing ball, the epidural, and, well, the poop.

First time mom shares her experience of giving birth in a birthing tub at a birth center.

When I tell people my children were born in a birthing tub, they usually express concern about the child taking its first breath under water.

At 36 weeks I will visit your home for a prenatal visit (which takes about 90 minutes), check your birth supplies, review your birth preferences and emergency care plan, deliver a birthing tub, and get to know your birth team and home.

I got into the birthing tub, and one of Jan went to the bathroom.

It was just enough time to get the birthing tub set up, midwives to arrive, and settle in.

If you're planning to have a water birth as I am, you'll need a birthing tub (if your midwife does not provide) and a new hose to fill the tub up with.

One area researchers looked closely at was the «microbial load of the birth pool water», including the release of fecal matter into the birthing tub.

There may not be a birthing tub available, but he or she might know of a birthing facility that does.

Most women choose to deliver in a designated birthing facility or in a hospital if a birthing tub is available.

If a birthing tub is not available you might then discuss with your health care provider the possibility of a water birth at home, or about potentially renting a birthing tub.

The hospital provided me with a birthing ball, a birthing tub, the freedom to walk the halls and anything else that I thought would help me bring our son into the world.

Many women feel more at ease in the tempered water of a birthing tub or pool, where they can feel weightless.

Jordan and I got into the birthing tub to see if we could settle my back and let me find some rest or relief.

I walked the labor and delivery halls and used a birthing ball and tried my hand at a birthing tub.

It's important to note that the standards of birth centers vary, so it's best to ask specific questions before deciding on a birth center — like their transfer rate (according to the American Pregnancy Association, 7 to 12 percent is reasonable), their equipment (do they have a birthing tub, for instance?)

For me, it was very important to have control over my laboring positions (even though I couldn't possibly know which positions would work best for me), to have the option of laboring in a birthing tub, and to have immediate skin - to - skin contact with my newborn if possible.

We arrived at the birthing center around 6:00 a.m. and I labored in various positions for the next six hours — in the birthing tub, on the birthing stool, standing up while leaning on Craig and even on the toilet (I know it sounds weird, but it was actually kind of perfect).

If not, then it is possible to rent a birthing tub and have the baby at home with a nurse - practitioner or midwife in attendance.

You can always get out of a birthing tub.