Its a weird sensation when pushing in labour coz it sort of is like you are pooing! After my dd was born i did ask my dp if i had pooped or not!! Thankfully i hadn't!! Would love a water birth this time and i've heard they just fish everything out the water with a net...all the blood clots and that.

i want a water birth, so worried about poo-ing tho, even during a normal birth, i hate the thought that my DP will/might see me poo - he finds this highly ammusing

Thanks for your replies!  Ferryjane i had a giggle at stock cube lol

I guess ill just have to empty my bowels before i get in the pool - i jst seem to have this vision of me doing it in the pool and i dont lie what i can see! lol

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lol to be honest hun i dont think you will care once labour starts! i didnt care what i did and who saw me! i just wanted it to end! jodie 20 weeks xxx

Happytails - maybe just mix it in and call it a stock cube? lol

Sorry - that was a bit flippant! No idea really. I've no doubt they've dealt with all kinds of situations, and lets face it, regardless of in or out of the pool, there's a whole variety of bodily fluids and functions they must be used to dealing with, from all orifices! I think the trick is meant to be just go with the flow and don't give a hoot what you squirt out!

iv always wondered...who cleans the pool after??

OK well what if a sieve wouldnt get it IYKWIM - say a dodgy curry the night before?

Just trying to prepare myself for all possibilities - i know you are probably all laughing your socks off at me but i am worried lol

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I heard that some hospitals make you take a cheapo seive with you to clean up any lumps and bits that fall of during the whole process! Nice

That is funny and yes they use a net not that i experienced it lol. I had a water birth with my first and was great praying that the pool is free this time round

lol that post made me laugh! They have a net that is used to fish it out!!

Sorry girls silly question but i just dont know the answer.

If you are having a waterbirth and you accidentally have a bowel movement whislt pushing - what happens?  Does it get left? or someone has to fish it out?  Or is there a filter? 

Its really gross, sorry, but i want a waterbirth but i can see myself sat with a floater in the pool

Help me out xxxxx

Sarah & bean

18+5