How hard can it be ? I can't find a peri bottle in any pharmacy!

[Barcino]

Where did you get your peri bottles for your homebirths?
This is ridiculous I have called 5 pharmacies and nobody carries them!

[amanda2b2]

Do you have a sally's beauty supply? Or some type of hair dressing supply shop near you? They have bottles almost like operi bottles for hair dye. that's were i got mine. lol

[Persephone]

I don't know where you'd get one outside of the internet. But there are lots of birth supply sites on the internet where you can get such things:

http://inhishands.com/index.html

http://www.birthwithlove.com/

http://www.preciousarrows.com/index.htm

[indie]

I got mine from In His Hands but if that's the only thing you're still looking for you'll have to pay a lot of shipping for such a cheap item. Have you looked for a medical supply store in your area?

[taosmom]

Our midwife supplied ours...have you contacted yours? Perhaps she could help you locate one

[MamaTaraX]

I have peri bottles leftover from my previous two births though I intend to get some new ones for this birth. Oh wow...It justhit me...I have to getsupplies for thisbirth! Yikes!

Namaste, Tara
mama to Doodle (6),Butterfly (2), and Rythm (due at home 1/06)

[ZeldasMom]

Mine was in the birth kit our midwife has us order from birth with love. Have you tried a bricks and mortar place that sells medical supplies?

[pamamidwife]

beauty supply stores have the same thing.

[USAmma]

I found something similar at Target in their travel section, where they sell all the little sample toothpaste and shampoo, and travel soap dishes, etc. I bought one to use for diaper solution but it would also work great as a peri bottle.

[mom2threenurslings]

I looked EVERYWHERE for one and then a friend gave one to me! Didn't think of a beauty supply place, though - great idea!!!

[applejuice]

Some good information on this thread...I got mine in my birth kit.

However any squirt bottle will do.

[newtonscricket]

This is how I got one after my first birth:

I gave birth in a freestanding birthing center, but my baby had to be transferred to the nearby NICU.

I can't quite remember now, but either I lost my peri bottle they gave me or I didn't get one in all the confusion and stress of the transfer.

Anyway, I just walked over to the maternity ward, went to the desk and said I had a baby transferred into the NICU and did they have any spare peri bottles. The nurse just handed me a pack w/ a peri bottle and a bottle of Betadine, no questions asked. Bless them.

So, maybe you could just walk into a hospital and ask.

[Stugroupie]

LOL! My friend was just telling me that she had gotten all her supplies except the peri bottle - which she couldn't find anywhere! I still had mine from ds's hospital birth two years ago so I gave it to her. We were worried that it might get ruined in the dishwasher (needed to be fresh washed after 2 yrs) but if it does, at least I know where she (and I) can get another one!

THANKS!

[mwherbs]

go to the dollar store and buy a condiment bottle they come in packs of 2 or 3-- one for ketchup, mustard and a clear one (sometimes you can get 2 that are clear).

[homemademomma]

any bottle with a sport type lid will do- you can get water bottles everywhere like thqt. hth

[mwherbs]

most water bottles won't work because they are not flexible so you have to mostly let them flow rather than squeeze-- we had several clients try them to everyone's frustration

[aishy]

I found a couple of little bottles at target in the travel items section. I didn't really use mine last time & who knows where it went, so i'm not too concerned.

aisling