Did you have to clean your jacuzzi differently for your homebirth?

[Barcino]

I am wondering if I need to do anything especial when it comes to cleaning my jetted tub in my bathroom. I dont want to have the baby in water but want to be able to use it during labor.

What did your midwives say/ what is the wya to go? I usually avoid bleach and for a while now have been cleaning with vinegar and baking soda and I am about to get some bronners.

My DS everyonce in a while gets a few specs of poo in there from when my DH doesnt wipe all the way before bath time :angry But I am talking tiny specs that go straight to the bottom of the tub ... not floaties and the jets we barely every use at all and never when DS is in.

[Monkeybutt]

We didnt clean it any special way. I didnt birth in the tub/spa but I did labor in it. If your worried about it have DH scrub it out real good. :)

[selazenby]

I'm a bleach user, and about once a month I fill up the tub with water and bleach and run the jacuzzi jets for about 10 minutes or so. You could do the same with vinegar. When I went into labor, I did the bleach thing then ran fresh water through it.

[kerikadi]

I had my last 2 in our jacuzzi tub and did no special cleaning. When I am pg I take a lot of baths but cleaning the tub isn't happening so it had probably been weeks since the tub was cleaned. A little dirt never hurt anyone :)

Keri

[ABand3]

My jacuzzi tub's instructions said to run the jets periodically with dishwasher deterget in the water (like every three months). I just did that a few weeks before due, and then made sure I ran them with clear water a couple times before I used it. I don't think a couple specs of poo are anything to worry about.

[Rockies5]

we NEVER use our jets. They scare the heck out of the kids. You've never seen 3 people move so fast the first time I turned them on :LOL !

so I wash the tub weekly with a weak bleach solution. I run the jets every few months to get the dust out of them, I usually have to wash out the tub again afterward.

as the birth gets closer (i'm 6mos) I'll start doing this more often.