Think You Need a Bigger Pool?
La Bassine was originally designed with the help of midwives. All shapes and sizes were given consideration. After much debate and input from many professionals, the shape and size of La Bassine was determined.
Anything smaller was quickly ruled out.
Anything larger, was also ruled out for the following reasons.
- Nobody recommended that there should ever be anyone else in the pool, beside the mother-to-be. There are several reasons for this, not least, hygiene. Therefore, the size of La Bassine is perfect.
- Larger pools take up more space in your room.
- A larger pool will take longer to inflate and deflate.
- A bigger pool will also take a lot longer to fill up because it will use a lot more hot water.
Quote from midwife:
Most midwives and hospitals almost always come to the conclusion that bigger pools are simply too big. Mom sits too deep in the water, which means her midwife is “swimming” to check cervical dilation and mom can’t breast feed after birth without a boost – lift off the bottom of the pool. Also larger pools are hard on hot water tanks – a bigger challenge to have enough hot water for the pool and other house hold needs at the same time. I personally love the size of La Bassine. I strongly discourage dad from being in the pool with mom. She tends to move less and dad ends up 90% of the time behind mom, sitting on the floor of the pool with her in front of him. Not a good position for her to birth in – she needs to be off her bottom. And dad can’t participate or see the birth. Also when dad is in the pool, he is confined in his experience and being able to better assist mom.
Do you really need a bigger pool? We and our many thousands of customers all around the world don’t think so!
