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Our ongoing dedication to serving the needs of mothers and midwives fuelled by a driving passion for design, quality and performance has resulted in today's Active Birth Pools,...
Active Birth Pools are built to last for decades and guaranteed for life. Though more expensive than other birthing pools on the market, Active Birth Pools deliver superior...
This short video has been hugely popular on YouTube. It shows how mothers instinctively relate to our water birth pools and move naturally to find the most comfortable...
Over the past 34 years we have supplied 1,000's of water birth pools to hospitals world-wide. We have worked closely with end users and industry experts to continually...
Midwives find our water birth pools incredibly practical and comfortable. They tell us that they are 'fab' and pleasure to use. Mothers simply tell us that, 'they love...
Form is based on function and pared down to the essence of aesthetic utility. Design is based upon the dynamics of mothers and midwives as they interact with the...
At the 'Building Better Healthcare' awards ceremony the Active Birth Pool was highly commended in the award for best internal building product. In their comments the judges praised the quality of our design and...
If you’re looking for a water birth pool we're uniquely qualified to be of service. We've been dedicated to providing top quality water birth pools since 1987. We helped...
Light and sound have a profound affect on the atmosphere and ambiance of the birth room. Our new light and sound systems provide you with a simple way of transforming...
Choice of material is fundamental to the success of a water birth pool. Active Birth Pools are fabricated in Ficore® composite, a proprietary material of extra-ordinary properties that was...
"A simple pool of water" The story behind these amazing water birth pools. We look at the history and thinking behind Active Birth Pools and why mothers and...
Active Birth Pools: Client List Please Note: listings tagged Ficore® are water birth pools from our new range as illustrated on our website and in our brochures. 1. ...
Active Birth Pools give midwives safe, practical options for dealing with emergencies. The evacuation a collapsed woman is potentially hazardous and poses risk of injury to mother and...
In a wet environment there is increased risk of slipping. Issues relating to Health and Safety, Manual Handling and plain common sense must be considered. Manual handling experts...
We’ve utilised evidence-based, user-centred design to develop highly specialised pools for labour and birth. Every shape, every curve, every varying degree of rounded corner… there's a reason for...
Delivery, Moving and Handling Mainland UK Deliveries Active Birth Pools delivered within the mainland UK are wrapped in protective packaging and placed in double walled boxes with corrugated...
Safety comes 1st! Active Birth Pools are Rated No.1 for water safety and infection control standards. This is because the material we use (Ficore) is 5 x harder...
In mid-90’s we met with health service ergonomist Sue Hignett to discuss ways our water birth pools could be improved to better serve the needs of mothers and...
The material we use is key to the performance and success of our water birth pools . Seamless one-piece construction denies micro-organisms the environment they need to propagate....
In 1987 Keith Brainin, Founder and Director of Active Birth Pools developed the world's first specially designed water birth pool. A portable pool fabricated from four sections of...
The keyword that defines our approach to water birth pool design is 'Active'. If we look up the definition of 'Active Birth' we get, "Childbirth during which the...
Hospitals in the United Kingdom began allowing women to use specially designed pools of water for labour and birth during the 1980's. The wide-spread popularity and acceptance of...
When it comes to the creation and care of water birth facilities nothing is more important. Micro-organisms breed freely in warm moist environments and must be prevented from...
The reason that our hospital water birth pools are the very best in the world is twofold: The quality of our designs determines the comfort, function and beauty...
I wrote this article a few years ago. It seems particularly relevant now. Recent news has highlighted the restrictive financial environment that maternity units will be expected to...
Over the past 30 years we have achieved success by caring about every detail and keeping things simple, safe and fit for purpose. 1987: World's 1st specially designed portable...
We've been supplying water birth pools to hospitals since 1989. Many of the pools we supplied in the 90's are still in active service! We occasionally receive reports...
Health Times: Karen Keast Water is a life force in more ways than one - it covers more than 70 per cent of our earth and we drink it...
"Introducing a deep pool of water to the birthing room is a way to make your labour shorter, easier and more comfortable. It increases your sense of privacy...
Enthusiasts suggest that labouring in water and waterbirth increase maternal relaxation, reduce analgesia requirements and promote a midwifery model of care. Critics cite the risk of neonatal water...
There have been accounts of women labouring and giving birth in water mostly amongst peoples living near a source of shallow warm water such as the South Pacific...
Water birth pools play a vital role in helping mothers experience physiological labour and natural birth. Nothing helps mothers cope with pain more effectively. If mothers are not...
Hospitals in the United Kingdom have been evolving clinical guidelines for the use of water for labour and birth for over 3o years. The protocols for operational policy...
Studies have shown that upright labour positions are associated with a reduced second stage, fewer episiotomies or instrumental intervention in contrast to mothers labouring on their backs. Many...
This article first appeared in Midwifery Today, Issue 115, Autumn 2015. There are many reasons to avoid last-minute cesarean sections that are decided at a phase of real emergency....
The birth of the water baby -... In 1977, a state hospital near Paris began quietly changing the way women gave birth. Obstetrician Dr Michel Odent believed that...
