Has anyone given birth in the Lucina Birth Center?

Hi, I used it for my daughter in Nov 2021 (birthing pool)

It was a nice facility however it wasn’t ready for me (i was ready to push by the time i arrived) so i just have memories of waiting for the pool to fill 😂 didn’t use any of the beds etc

That I was told then, you can’t book/ can’t reserve- purely availability at that point.

I got the feeling hardly anyone uses it, the midwives (who were not junior) were saying as such- i guess because a lot of people would get pain relief drugs and then you can’t get in the water

I used it in 2019 to have my daughter, I don’t have any complaints. The room was nice and big, it had mood lightening and could use your own music/ radio, you have the option of the pool or a small bed, there is also a bouncing ball and soft mat area in the room (which my partner snoozed on).
They did say it’s all on a first come basis and if it’s available you can use it. You have to be in active labour to be able to go into the room But as Libby said above if you have extra pain relief (not including gas and air) you can’t use it or if baby poos in you. I did want it for my second although he pood in me but to be honest wouldn’t have time to prepare as he was out within an hour of arriving at the hospital 😅
Personally I would opt for a water birth even if you don’t use it you get a better room 😏

It was amazing, it was closed because of strikes but they opened a room for me and filled the pool for pain relief - I unexpectedly had her in the water which was nice! 😁 I did have a ridiculously fast labour and the pain was WILLLD because as it turns out she was over ten pounds 🤣

do you think if I phoned them in advance, then I wouldn't have to wait for the pool to fill? 😅😅

I sure hope not that many people use it if it's a first come first serve 😬

how comes they won't let you use it if the baby poos inside you?? And if they did poo, would you still be able to use the room without using the pool or would they just send you away altogether?
I sure hope it's available. I said no to the epidural because I'm not sure if I'll ever have another child so I just want to experience the whole thing without fear

aww that's nice of them to open it for you, was you not planning a water birth then? I'm glad she decided to be quick so you didn't have to be in pain for too long 😂😅
My partner was around that size at birth and the doctors just gave his mum a c-section because they said a baby that big would have been too difficult to birth

Not at all! Just happened 😁😁😁

I’d recommend booking a tour they do them every week, email ch-tr.lucinabirthcentre@nhs.net and they will book you in! I went to view it and asked questions and it seemed lovely but couldn’t end up using it as I had to be indueced. I think if you end up needing any extra monitoring for whatever reason you wouldn’t be able to use the room