Birthing pool : such thing as sharing?

[MissPolley]

I may be reaching a little bit but the thing is they are expensive and im not sure im going to have another.......

Soooooo what I was thinking or rather wondering, is there such thing as sharing a birthing pool (obviously not the liner, that is bought my ones self)

but maybe if there is someone due a month before or after a person then they can go halves on the new pool and each buy their own liner or

maybe drop the owner of the pool a tenner or something and buy the liner myself

... i hope im making sense heehee

so please let me know if this is a good idea or if you have simular expirience/who you borrowed yours from, how it went, would you do it again?

 

[NaturalMomma]

Many Midwives have birth pools you can rent, usually you just have to buy the liner for it. Other birth professionals may have a rental pool. I have one. I used it with ds2 and then decided to loan it out, just have to purchase the liner.

 

[Amygdala]

You can also rent them nationally online. Just have a quick google and you'll find a few different providers.

 

[xx~Lor~xx]

You can hire them out, and they are sold second hand aswell. As long as you buy a new liner, it's fine.

 

[CormacksGirl]

Or a giant inflatable paddling pool will work just as well!!!

 

[amjon]

The MW I went to in my first pregnancy had one you could use. You had to pay for the liner as those are single use though. You also had to take a water birth class before.

 

[sue_88]

I've been having a look on 2nd hand sites - Gumtree, Preloved, eBay etc.

Plan to get a new liner but I only want 1 baby so I don't really fancy paying upwards of £150 for the pool and all the kit of the website.

Don't fancy renting either because I'm worried about delivery & collection of the item as I am single and will have no one to help after birth I don't want to get frazzled having to try and package up a pool. If it's my own I will just leave it for as long as I need before dealing with it.

 

[MrsKTB]

Do some research locally, near me there are a couple of places that hire the pools and sell the new liners.

 

[MindUtopia]

I agree with others, I would look locally to see if you can hire one. I hired mine from my local home birth group. It was 40 quid for 5 weeks including the liner, pump, etc. It was great and really easy to set up. If you don't have a home birth or other group nearby that might do a loan, check with some independent midwives or the NCT in your area to see if they can give you a lead, or look on Gumtree, etc. You might also post on the Home Birthers and Hopefuls Facebook page (see in the Home and Natural Birth forum or just search for it), even if you aren't planning a home birth, as lots of people have them and would be willing to sell or loan them for cheap.

 

[kathy31]

I have one of the regular birth pools in a box in my loft that I won't be using again. I'm booked into hospital this time as I had a big baby last time. I used the pool to labour in last time but didn't give birth in it as baby got stuck so I had to get out!

I want to sell this cheaply if you are interested? It is just the pool though, although the accessories can all be picked up cheaply anyway (pump, hose etc). Send me a private message if you'd like more info etc. I really need to clear my loft space, lol!

Kathy x

 

[MissPolley]

some one sourced me out on fb hehe, everything cept hose for £60 not bad in my books since a new one is 120 odd, really cant see how they can justify that amount as you can get all the bits and bobs from local shop...