Bedford hospital
Did any of you mums have water birth at the Bedford hospital? If so how did they monitor the baby’s heartbeat? When I was there they told me if I want to get in the water they need to put a “sticker” on babys head and I really didn’t want that, but I’ve heard that some hospitals do the Bluetooth monitoring so I wanted to see everyone’s experiences x
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I had a water birth and they used a similar thing to what they use at your midwife appointments to check their heartbeat. I think it’s called a Doppler? They check it very often which was great and reassuring. I had such a great experience with my water birth and all the midwives were super friendly and attentive x
I had a water birth and I honestly would recommend it to anyone thats able to have it, i had it with my son 8 years ago and the staff were amazing at bedford hospital... even better then my husband was lol
I also did and they would listen in every 15 mins but only if you’re low risk I believe x
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