Re: RWH Bris Birth Centre Update

[Mary Murphy]

Re the bath tub: I've often thought that a way of solving the cross-infection problem in a "public" bath was to use the method we do in homebirth tubs.  I am sure that even the brand-new plastic that we use has it's drawbacks but we have NEVER had a problem in all the years I have been doing homebirth waterbirths.  I buy a couple of pieces of 4metre wide clear plastic and that forms the individual disposal liner to our portable birth pools.  It lines the frame like lining a pudding basin.  After the bath is half full we then tie a rope around the outside to make it tidy and hold it in place.  The weight of the water does the rest.  Is it possible to use one piece of plastic of a suitable size to line the hospital bath?  Just a thought, cheers, Mary Murphy