Educational videos for midwives

K.D.Brainin Founder & Director

Blog: 01.08.2019

Active Birth Pools sponsored these educational videos for All4 Maternity to help midwives gain knowledge and understanding about the use of water for labour and birth.

Emersion in water in labour and birth Part Two – view on YouTube

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Active Birth Pools help mothers utilise upright postures to have better births

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. Women...

Freedom of Movement – a YouTube Sensation!

This short video with almost 12,000,000 views shows that mothers have room to move freely in the postures natural to labour and birth. How they instinctively relate to our...

It’s easy for mothers to get into our pools

The simple act of getting into the pool is one of the most misunderstood aspects relating to the use water birth pools. The truth is that multi-step units...

Mothers, babies and midwives have a better experience of birth

If mothers are not going be reliant on analgesia for pain relief they need options to help them cope with the pain to allow a physiological labour to...

Sheila Kitzinger speaks about birthing pool design

As childbirth author and activist Sheila Kitzinger OBE wrote in her article 'The clock, the bed, the chair' published in 2003: "Even a recent innovation, the birth pool,...

The keyword that defines our design ethos is Active.

The keyword that defines our approach to design is 'Active'. If we look up the definition of 'Active Birth' we get, "Childbirth during which the mother is encouraged...

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...

Superior material results in superior performance

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...

Dealing with emergencies

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...

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