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Hydrogen Peroxide in your birth pool??

yeshuahamasshiahyeshuahamasshiah member
in Natural Birth

I know that the safest would be to fill the pool just as you go into labor and make sure the water does not sit untreated for more than two days.

However I have also read that it would be good to sit in your pool prior to labor starting to get used to the 'environment" in which you will be in for most of your labor.

So, the suggestions are bleach, powder bromine (both of which would produce toxic gases so I rather stay away from those) or H2O2.

Has anyone used these chemicals? It does not feel very natural but I am also being extremely lazy and avoiding having to fill the pool and completely draining it before having to fill it again!

Any advices or xps would be greatly appreciated ;)

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Re: Hydrogen Peroxide in your birth pool??

  • jenairjenair member
    salt may be a more viable option.  but i'd prob just have hubby refill at night :)
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  • yeshuahamasshiahyeshuahamasshiah member

    imagejenair:
    salt may be a more viable option.  but i'd prob just have hubby refill at night :)

    yeah I read something about salt as well but I also know that salt would not kill everything so there is still a chance I may be soaking in eeky water!

    I guess refilling is the way to go! Thanks

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  • *LrCg**LrCg* member
    I never sat in my tub prior to the birth.  My midwife was going to drop off the birthing tub so we'd have it set up prior to the birth but DS came early.  My labor progressed so fast that when I called the midwife and she came over I was already ready to push.  There was no time to set up her tub so we quickly filled up our bathtub and in I went.  I had no problems with it.  I can only assume you've taken a bath or even went swiming while you've been pregnant- its not any different.
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  • yeshuahamasshiahyeshuahamasshiah member

    When I was a kid, one of my cousins drowned while we were at the beach and since then I just never had an interest to "go swimming". I do not have any issues with water and I have taken baths yes, though I prefer showers. I also never learned how to swim Embarrassed

    I just wanted to try the pool out before the birth, to see how I cope with it.

    Thanks for your input though, I guess I will just sit in the bathtub instead!

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  • roundtheworldgirlroundtheworldgirl member
    imageyeshuahamasshiah:

    I know that the safest would be to fill the pool just as you go into labor and make sure the water does not sit untreated for more than two days.

    This is what we did last time. 

    Traveling the world with my girls - born 12 months and 18 days apart.
    <a href="http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/putalittlepolkainyourdot/?action=view
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  • ErinMSBErinMSB
    We'll fill the tub when I go into labor. Honestly, it never really occured to me to try it out before, but I know where we'll put the tub and I've been doing a lot of visualization about being in the tub and what the room will be like.
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