Choose your size: Birth Pool in a Box Regular or birth pool in a box mini

Every mum is different. So to is your home: the following may help you make a decision as to which birthing pool is the right size for you.

• Your midwife will need to have access around at least three sides of your birth pool. Do you have enough space for this in the room you wish to put your birthing pool in?

• How tall are you – you will not be comfortable in a birthing pool you cannot move around in. the mini birth pool in a box if recommended for women no taller than 5’6”

• Does your partner want to be in the birthing pool too? The mini birth pool in a box would be too small for this

• The regular birth pool in a box has a step that is great for kneeling & leaning over the side of the birthing pool helping with the opening of that all important pelvis. The mini birth pool in a box does not have a seat as it.

• Filling the birth pool – the mini birth pool in a box will take the same amount of water as about 3 full baths the regular birth pool in a box will take 4-41/2 full baths.

How does the birth pool in a box compare in size to other birthing pools on the market

The Mini is the closest equivalent to the - Eco birth pool & La bassine in size neither of these other birth pools have a internal seat and neither of these birthing pools have been registered for use as a medical device.