Sheffield Teaching Hospital – Birth pool infection control policy
A practical buyer’s guide for maternity units, procurement teams, architects, estates departments and healthcare planners. A hospital water birth pool should be selected as part of the complete...
Purchasing a water birth pool is a significant responsibility. The decision should never be based on appearance, price or catalogue features alone. In a maternity unit, a birth...
This short video shows how an Active Birth Pool gives mothers the space and freedom to move naturally throughout labour and birth. Warm water allows mothers to explore...
A practical guide for maternity teams, estates departments, infection-prevention specialists, Water Safety Groups, designers and contractors Core message: A birth pool should be treated as part of the...
A birth pool is a workplace A water birth pool is not simply a vessel for warm water. In a maternity unit it becomes part of the midwife's...
A comprehensive, evidence-based introduction for parents, midwives and maternity teams Updated June 2026 For many people, the idea of labouring or giving birth in water still feels unfamiliar....
One of the clearest lessons from active birth is that labour works best when the mother is able to respond to her body. Movement, upright posture, rest, support...
There is a subject that maternity planning does not always address openly or often enough. Many women enter labour carrying more body weight, living with restricted mobility, experiencing...
All women no matter what their shape or size will find it exceptionally easy to get into our water birth pools. Mothers don't even think about it -...
