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Door de samenwerking van de twee meest toonaangevende spelers op het gebied van de bevallingsbaden, Active Birth Pools en Febromed, kunnen wij u nu het meest uitgebreide assortiment...
I've been looking at birthing stools for over 30 years, developed a couple of my own and am well aware of whats available on the market today. This is...
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Active Birth Pools (UK) and Febromed (DE) are pleased to announce that they are now working together to develop new water birth pools and diversify their product ranges....
Form is based on function and pared down to the essence of aesthetic utility. Design is based upon the dynamics of mothers & midwives as they interact with...
Absolutely amazed that our video has hit 7,000,000 views on YouTube. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZhUMyRLOok&t=9s[/embed] Movement is at the heart of physiological labour. Active Birth Pools encourage mothers to move freely...
Active Birth Pools are the product of over 30 years experience in design, materials & manufacture. They have a complement of qualities & features that make them superior...
“I can't tell you how much your pools have revolutionised birth. ” C. Wilson Midwife Dewsbury District Hospital “Brilliant, like the wide rim so mums can sit on...
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...
[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="http://activebirthpools.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Active-Birth-Pools-SD-1.mp4"][/video] Movement is at the heart of physiological labour. Active Birth Pools encourage mothers to move, explore and find the positions most beneficial and conducive for...
We've spent decades looking at ways to make our water birth pools better serve the needs of mothers & midwives. Midwives find our water birth pools incredibly practical...
We guarantee that our customers receive extra-ordinary long-term life cycle value. Overall value that's comprehensive in scope and places priority on results, safety & quality of care. Our...
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...
Position statement on water immersion during labour and birth - Mana and CFM Joint statement No.1 - Immersion in water during labour and birth - Royal College of Obstetricians and...
August 21, 1999 should be remembered as a landmark in the history of water birth. On that day the British Medical Journal published an unprecedented study about "the perinatal...
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...
Megan Cooper RM, BHSc (Honours), Jane Warland RM, PhD Helen McCutcheon RM, PhD. Abstract Water immersion for labour and birth is becoming an increasingly attractive option for women....
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...
Immersion in water is but a small part of the potential benefit that a simple pool of water offers to women in labour. Birth pools designed and used...
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 & natural birth. Nothing helps mothers cope with pain more effectively. If mothers are not...
Shaw-Battista, Jenna Cleave, Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, 2009 Abstract: Background. Eleven randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that warm water immersion during labor (WL) safely and effectively...
Bridge to Health - Sian Smith When considering their birth plan, more and more women are choosing to include the use of water at some stage. In fact, around...
At last nights prestigious Building Better Healthcare award 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...
There is evidence that water emersion in labour offers women a safe and effective form of pain relief in labour to those women who meet the criteria (NICE,...
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....
Over the past 30 years I have given a lot of thought to designing water birth pools that best serve the needs of mothers & midwives. I've considered...
In 1995 I met with health service ergonomist Sue Hignett to discuss ways my water birth pools could be improved to better serve the needs of mothers and...
Our approach has always been fuelled by a passion for optimising safety & performance. As a result of advances in design, materials & manufacture our water birth pools...
Active Birth Pools incorporates simplicity, precision and attention to detail in it's design. Form follows function. Every groove, every curve, every varying degree of rounded corners… there is a reason...
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...
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