Serious question about at home water birth?
ByIf you have an at home water bath in a pool, what do you do with the water afterward? You surely can’t just dump it out on your front lawn or down a drain in your bathtub or anything. Right?
If you had an at home water birth in your bathtub would it be all gross and infected at all?
I’m not having a baby, haha. I’ve just always wondered this.
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7 Comments
April 13th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
I don’t see anything wrong with doing either of those things.
April 13th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
why wouldn’t you be able to drain it? It all gets treated anyway.
April 13th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
if you think about it, back in the day when women had water births thats what they did. and we have way better pluming now.
April 13th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
good question! do u have a midwife? they would know. i had my my baby at home and was in the tub for a while. i bet u could prob dump it in the tub and toss the after birth and stuff in the trash…?
April 13th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
well if u dump it on ur lawn it will start to stick out there, and down the drain u need to clean ur tub or sink after really well. i say down the drain
April 13th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
you know that is a question of sterilization and there are proper way you have to dispose of biohazardous materials such as the water from a birth because of the blood. anything having to do with blood or body fluids is labeled biohazardous. and as far as the sterilization issue, i don’t know if i would trust at home like that. try to find a mid-wife
April 13th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
it is not safe and it is gross.