Mon Mar 2, 2009 1:35 am (PST)

PRESS RELEASE

See attached Press Release / article about the incredible increase in home
births as a result of some Trusts offering birthing pools when women book a
home birth. Please forward this to any relevant publications or egroups,
including MSLC groups.

26th Feb 2009

Dramatic Increase in Trusts Offering Birth Pools for Home Birth Use

A growing number of NHS Community Teams are introducing programmes that
significantly reduce the historically high cost of a birthing pool to women
planning a home birth - in some cases to zero!

The trailblazers over the last 2 years have included Community Teams from
Royal Hallamshire (Sheffield), Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, Oaktree
(Cornwall), Salisbury and St. Mary's (London). They have been driven by the
will of key individuals to improve care and prepare for the implementation
of the 2007 NICE guidelines on Intrapartum Care. One Trust set a goal of
increasing its home birth rate and has doubled it in 12 months since they
began offering a free birthing pool for women who booked home births.

Community Teams that have recently decided to offer similar programmes
include Arrowe Park (Wirral), St. Richard's (Chichester) and Perth Royal
The programmes are delivered using birth pool in a box inflatable pools from
The Good Birth Company.

About The Good Birth Company

The Good Birth Company's mission is to make use of water for labour and
birth accessible to all women for whom it is clinically appropriate. With a
range of practical solutions for individuals and NHS Trusts, The Good Birth
Company is making it possible for many more women to enjoy the benefits of
water birth.

Websites: www.thegoodbirth.co.uk < <http://www.thegoodbirth.co.uk/>
http://www.thegoodbirth.co.uk/>
www.birthpoolinabox.co.uk < <http://www.birthpoolinabox.co.uk/>
http://www.birthpoolinabox.co.uk/>

Contact information: Adam Maclean

0771 287 7948

45 School Road, Birmingham B13 8TF

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