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“Freedom of Movement” video hits 7,000,000 views on YouTube!!!

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...

Features that set Active Birth Pools apart from the rest

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...

Meeting the needs of labouring women

First look inside Hull's swanky new birth centre

It's hard to believe the Fatima Allam Birth Centre is provided by the NHS and not a private hospital. With its mood lighting, wall art and the most...

Form is based on function

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...

Mothers & midwives love our water birth pools!

“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...

Water Birth Safety Initiative

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...

Active Birth Pools Video

[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...

Rated No. 1 for Support, Comfort & Ease of Use

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...

Long-Term Value Guaranteed

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...

Uniquely qualified to be of service

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 Statements on Water Birth

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...

A landmark in the history of water birth – Michel Odent

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...

How a simple pool of water revolutionised childbirth – Michel Odent

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...

Diving in: a dip in the water for labour and birth policy debate

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....

The use of water for labour & birth

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...

A way to make labour shorter, easier and more comfortable

"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?

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...

Immersion in water for labour and birth – Cluett and Burns

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...

The history of Water Birth

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...

Nothing helps mothers cope with pain in labour more effectively

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...

Optimal outcomes of labor and birth in water compared to standard maternity

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...

Reasons to consider a water birth

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...

Highly Commended at Building Better Healthcare awards

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...

Management of High Risk Women using Birthing Pool and Telemetry

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,...

Michel Odent – the birthing pool test

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....

Design and Innovation

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...

Improving Birth Pool Design

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...

Maximum performance – Minimum risk

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...

Beauty results from purity of function

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...

How to restore your old birth pool to pristine condition

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...

Client List

Please Note: listings as tagged Ficore® are water birth pools from our new range. Please Click Here to view our Client List    

Light & Sound

Light & sound have a profound affect on the atmosphere & ambiance of the room. Our new light & sound systems provide you with a simple way of transforming the environment, making...

Inside the birth pool factory

As many of you already know Active Birth Pools are made to order in the UK by highly skilled craftsmen who are dedicated to producing baths of superior...

In situ

Engineering & Manufacture

Active Birth Pools are handmade to order in the United Kingdom by Design & Form Ltd. Our specialism is applying ergonomic principles to the design of water birth pools. Design...