Giving birth in a hotel? Legality? Realistic? - Page 2

[Jane]

Maybe you could suggest a rug? (grin)

[momileigh]

Ugh. One more thing for me to clean. At the rate of $0.00 per hour. I am SORRY but I don't think so. (I'm a bad person. A bad, bad person.)

[Jane]

Maybe they could bring one? Like they bring their own gatorade and peanut butter crackers?

I was pretty pissed when I was broke, the midwife was broke, and I was paying my school $1000 to keep track of paperwork for 3 months.

[mwherbs]

yep- still doing that for the most part- what I am getting paid is a license, eventually --
and I guess it depends on how hot it is here we have lots and lots of tile floors- very easy to clean ; ) throw a sheet on the floor and then be sure to get plenty of the chux down- and for the most part peroxide works wonders-- one woman who was going to move and was in a rental house with white carpets- labored around her house looking like a modern dancer--- well all of a sudden she stood up very straight and said my water broke-- well we were right near her and we didn't see anything so we just thought for a seconds and she moved into another room with tile- and then water came down her leg and hit the floor- she held it in because she did not want the carpet messed up- very wild who would have known-- in any case within moments while walking she dropped down into a squat and the baby was crowning ....

[Charmie981]

I usually suggest my clients have dropcloths for the floors anyway, so I'd certainly include that in a hotel birth list...and be more careful about using it *ALL THE TIME* (to protect mom, not the floor).

I agree, I've seen lots of births on the floor. LOTS AND LOTS of births on the floor. Beside the bed seems to be the most popular for me b/c mom is in bed trying to relax through those last few ctx when she's really tired and they're really hard and suddenly she's UP and HAS TO PUSH.

[Jane]

So often, it seems like pushing catches moms (multips, usually) by surprise - like they are on their way somewhere in a little break - the toilet, the bath, or from one of those places, and all of a sudden, whoa! Gotta get down to business.

Charmie, what kind of dropcloths aren't slippery?

[Charmie981]

I like the "neat sheet" or a vinyl tablecloth because they have a fabric texture that grips against the carpet.

I haven't had any issues with slickness with either of those options, but I remember a birth where they had waterproofed the bed with painters dropcloth under the sheets and mom had her legs on me, pushing with everything she had, and I was sliding off of the bed b/c of the dropcloth and couldn't get close enough to catch the baby .

[mwherbs]

we've used the flock backed table cloths upside down so you walk on the fabric surface-- keeps you from slipping around-- those big blue tarps aren't very slick they are somewhat textured---