Water water everywhere
Did a trial run with the birthing pool tonight. It took a bit longer than expected. The only mixer-tap we have downstairs is in the kitchen - handy for the birthing-pool in the dining-room, if only any of the connectors would work on it. But they don’t - so instead we ended up using the utility room taps, starting with a few inches of cold water then adding hot. We also found out that the hot water ran out faster than we’d expected - it seems that it heats up fast, but doesn’t heat up huge amounts. So we had to stop filling the pool and allow more time for water to heat up again.
But once the pool was finally full - ah, bliss! I’ve spent months feeling like I weigh about 500 pounds, and it was glorious to lounge in the water with the buoyancy taking all the strain. The kids all came and had a look, and the steam set off the (very sensitive) smoke detector in the front hall - but oh do I feel relaxed now! In fact…..*snore*….
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