The Uk's longest established Birthing Pool Hire Company

Why Choose Water?

Women have been using water in labour and delivery for centuries, in rivers, streams and seas. In the last fifty years water birth in purpose built pools has been pioneered in Russia in the Sixties, France in the Seventies and has since become a very popular choice for women seeking a more natural birth experience.

BirthWorks Pools are easy to assemble, aesthetically very pleasing and a pleasure to use for:

• Relaxing in during the last weeks of your pregnancy, when you can float weightlessly in your own haven of warm water.
• Labour: Water provides tremendous support and very effective pain relief, enabling you to move easily to find your ideal positions for labour and delivery. Pregnancy and Birth magazine August 2001 gave water "10 out of 10 for all-natural pain relief".
• Birth: Giving birth in a state of deep relaxation, with the benefits of incredible pain relief the water affords. Imagine your baby's experience of a gentle transition from womb to world, emerging peacefully into warm water and gradually surfacing to take their first breath.
• Fun and relaxation with your new baby. If you are planning to breastfeed, you can experiment with the benefits of water for getting breastfeeding off to a good start. The water will gently support your engorged breasts, allowing your milk to flow, whilst your baby enjoys the peace and calm of the water with which they are so familiar.
• Creating a calm and serene atmosphere which envelops all those present at the birth of your baby.

How we give birth to our babies affects the ease with which we bond and may influence profoundly, the quality of our family relationships for years to come. Unfortunately, the quality of the birth experience is often overlooked. Creating the type of birth experience you want, with the help of BirthWorks, is a sound investment in the quality of your life and that of your baby.

Established in 1987 BirthWorks has since pioneered developments in water birth technology to bring you the finest Birthing Pools available. Experience, careful design and an exclusive heating and filtration system ensure labouring and birthing in water is a comfortable, soothing, practical and safe option.

Our years of experience in hiring Birthing Pools, combined with personal experience of water birth, ensure we are ideally placed to offer you the best advice and equipment to create the birth experience you want, whether at home or in hospital.