Portable Hot Tubs for Labor

healingtouchRN · Jul 18, 2003

let the nurses get in to test the water!!!

SmilingBluEyes · Jul 18, 2003

some patients love them; some hate them. our hospital owns NONE but patients are welcome to bring in those they rent. they are a b---- to set up. but they are worth it for those wanting a water labor/birth.

tamrnmomof4 · Jul 19, 2003

We have one here at our hospital.....it is way to involved to set up, the cables connecting the water is a trip hazard, the pump is hard to use....most of the time we are way to busy to let someone use it....it is a HUGE pain in the rear!!!!

layna · Jul 19, 2003

I noticed that the set up is quite involved and time consuming. I did get the chance to try it...ahhhh...it was VERY nice. I am thinking that we will only use it if we are not too busy and if there is someone really in need of a pain relief alternative to IV meds. We don't have epidurals or intrathecals...so the tubs offer us something more for the patients. If anyone has a policy to share with me, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks :-)

Layna

SmilingBluEyes · Jul 19, 2003

Try the perinatal listserve for ideas/policies regarding the use of hottubs. They have discussed these many times before. If not, you can pose the request out there for a copy of a P/P to use as an example for your unit.

http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/archives/pnatalrn.html

The above link should get you there. I can't say how MUCH valuable info I have found there. It's great!