Where Shall I Hire A Birth Pool From In The Uk?
I’m hoping to hire something like the “birth pool in a box”, smallish, inflatable, on the cheap side (not a heated £350 job!), from a reliable (online?) company.
Definitely hire NOT buy, I know it’s sometimes cheaper to buy but I don’t want the hassle of getting rid of it after – I don’t want to keep it.
Preferably one where the additional equipment either comes with the pool in the hire contract (re-usables like a water thermometer) or is cheap to purchase from the same company (disposables such as additional liners and sieves!!).
Would appreciate personal experience, especially with home births – not just lists of sites that hire pools (I’ve googled for them myself!).
There’s so much to think about already I could do with some advice from those who’ve been in my position before! Please share your wisdom!!
Thanks
Congratulations on your pregnancy. The hire market for non-heated birthpools has virtually disappeared now that inflated birth pools have become so cheap. The birth pool in the box is the current favourite, the Bassine is probably cheaper but not as sturdy.
I run a birth pool company, and work closely with the other 4 leading birth pool hire companies in the South. Some of them sell the birthpool in a box, but don’t hire the non-heated inflatables, just rigid non-heated pools, or the heated birthpools.
Birthpool hire companies don’t generally hire non-heated inflatables, but I saw a posting on the facebook ‘waterbirth and homebirth’ group from a lady who had bought one and wanted to hire it out for £50. You could join up and contact her. Make sure you clean it and test it out before the big day if this is the case to avoid any issues. Or put up a post yourself to hire someone elses along with their kit.
All the best with the rest of your pregnancy.
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