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Birth Pool and TENS Machine Hire in London, Essex & Herts
If you're planning a home birth, birth pool and a TENS machine hire in London, Essex & Herts is one of the most common things I get asked about. Both can be hired rather than bought, and getting them organised in good time takes the pressure off later in your pregnancy. Here's a practical guide to birth pool and TENS machine hire in London, Essex and Hertfordshire, along with what each one offers.
Why consider a birth pool for home birth
Labouring or birthing in water can offer real comfort. The warmth and buoyancy can help you feel lighter, ease into more comfortable positions, and support your body's own natural pain relief response. Many of the families I support choose to hire a pool for their home birth, even if they're not certain they'll birth in the water itself, simply because it's such a useful tool during labour.
Why consider a TENS machine for home birth
A TENS machine (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) is a small, drug-free device that can help manage early labour pain through gentle electrical pulses. It's easy to use at home, doesn't interfere with mobility, and many mums find it particularly helpful in the earlier stages of labour, often alongside other comfort measures like a birth pool.
Birth pool and TENS machine hire in London, Essex & Herts - Local options
The Essex Birth Company Based in Chelmsford, offering birth pool hire with free drop-off and collection, along with TENS machine hire and helpful handouts on home and water birth.
Ma Doula (Kings Langley, Hertfordshire) Birth pool hire using the Mia Via Serenity Pro pool, with free local delivery within 10 miles of Kings Langley, and support available if you'd like to talk through whether a pool suits your birth plan.
The Simple Birth Company (Hertfordshire) Offers Birth Pool in a Box hire in mini and standard sizes, with delivery and collection included over a 5 week hire period, suitable for home birth or early labour before a hospital transfer.
MummaPod (South/SW London)Birth Pool in a Box hire, based in Teddington and covering South London, South West London.
Loucina Birthkeeping (Croydon, South London)Offers birth pool hire, covering Croydon, South London, and wider Greater London.
National birth pool and TENS hire companies covering London, Essex and Hertfordshire
If a local option doesn't quite fit your dates or preferences, these companies deliver UK-wide, including London, and are well used by home birth families:
Home Birth Supplies – offers both birth pool and TENS machine hire, along with a wide range of home birth accessories
Barefoot Birth Pools – birth pool hire only, free delivery and collection across mainland UK, recommended by midwives and doulas
Gentle Births Birthing Pool Hire – offers both birth pool and TENS machine hire, with free UK delivery and collection
Birth Pool in a Box – one of the most widely used and recommended pool brands, hired through a network of independent local companies rather than directly
A few practical tips
Birth pools and TENS machines are usually delivered to your home around six weeks before your due date, and collected again once your baby has arrived
Ask about hire length and what happens if your baby arrives later than expected, most companies are flexible about extending the hire if needed
I can include birth pool or TENS machine hire as part of your home birth package with me
If you book a home birth with me, I provide the Entonox (gas and air) myself, so there's no need to arrange that separately
Get in touch if you're interested in having a home birth and see how I might be able to support you.
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