ABP-HR-Catalogue
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Active Birth Pools Built to last for decades
 Guaranteed for life Active Birth Pools

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 We helped pioneer the use of water for labour and birth by designing the
 water birth pools that made this revolution in maternity care possible. Our story is one of change, innovation and development. In the mid-1980’s we worked closely with midwives, mothers
 obstetricians and health and safety experts to develop the world’s first
 specially designed, hospital grade water birth pool. Since then we’ve continued to evolve our designs,
 upgrade the materials we use and improve our manufacturing
 and engineering capabilities to produce water birth pools that are safer
 and better meet the...

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If you’re looking for a water birth pool we’re uniquely qualified to be of service
 We’ve achieved success by keeping things simple and focusing
 on our core principles of Safety, Value and Performance. 
 A passion for excellence and commitment to supporting midwives and
 helping mothers have a better experience of labour and birth defines our approach.
 Our unrivalled knowledge and wealth of experience enable us to
 provide water birth pools that minimise risk, optimise results and maximise value. We’ve supplied thousands of water birth pools to hundreds of hospitals
 world-wide over the...

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Design We have carefully considered the dynamics at play when mothers and midwives interact with each other and the pool, and employed evidence based,
 user-centred ergonomic design principles to develop water birth pools that are
 widely regarded as the most comfortable, practical and easy-to-use. Active Birth Pools optimise the benefits of Because midwives work with our pools
 immersion in warm water to give mothers a on a daily basis we’ve considered their greater possibility of experiencing comfort and safety paramount. They tell us physiological labour and natural birth. Mothers say...

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Design Our pools are designed with complex, sensuous forms
 that make them appealing both physically and psychologically. Form is based on function and pared down to the essence of aesthetic utility.
 There is a reason for every shape, every curve and every form. Midwives find our pools extremely Mothers relate to our pools comfortable. They sit naturally with their arms instinctively using the seats and wide resting on the wide rim and their legs under rims to rest on, and for support in the the rim, just like you do at a desk. positions natural to labour and birth. A defining feature of...

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Ficore® - the key to the success of our pools Ficore®, a proprietary material with unique qualities enables us to produce water birth pools that are more beautiful, practical and utilitarian, as well as safer, more economical and sustainable when compared to other birth pools on the market.
 FICORE is a solid composite resin not a laminate or bonding. It’s composition and method of processing permit more sharply defined details such as tighter radii and curves. It cannot disintegrate or come apart in the way that fibreglass or acrylic pools can. Water birth pools made from Ficore® have many...

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Superior Material = Superior Performance Ficore® composite resin is a material of extra-ordinary properties unique to Active Birth Pools that was developed to minimise problems associated with other materials used in the manufacture of water birth pools. Ficore is a composite of 8 different elements chemically fused during manufacturing, then heat cured at high temperature to create a material that is light in weight but ‘heavy’ in performance. Seamless, one-piece fabrication in Ficore® has enabled us to reinvent the water birth pool and offer you a pool that delivers superior performance,...

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Functional benefits of Ficore® Unique structural and engineering advantages
 Water birth pools fabricated in Ficore are stronger, heavier and much more rigid then birthing pools that are made from fibreglass or acrylic. Active Birth Pools have an extremely high degree of structural integrity and will not flex, buckle, bow, or change shape under pressure.
 
 Highly polished, ultra-smooth finish 
 The surface is isophthalic neo-pentyl-glycol which makes them 50% harder in comparison with birthing pools produced from other materials. The finish is highly polished, ultra-smooth, tactile and...

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Water Safety and Hygiene The potential for water birth pools to be both a habitat and a delivery medium
 for harmful bacteria such as Pseudomonas and Legionella is well known. 
 We completely understand this and produce pools made from a superior material with intelligent design and a range of innovations that negate risk and deliver safer birthing environments. Minimal surface mounted fittings optimise Seamless, one-piece construction in Ficore® hygiene and give mothers and midwives improves water safety and hygiene by unobstructed movement around the rim. denying bacteria the environment...

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Safety and Manual Handling A deep and abiding understanding of the physicality of labour and birth, coupled with an appreciation of how midwives need to perform while attending
 mothers has enabled us to design water birth pools that resolve
 the safety and manual handling risks that are associated with water birth. Midwives have safe, practical means to carry out emergency evacuations and monitor swivel into the pool staying grounded at all mothers. Portable hoists can also be used. times for a safe transition from land to water. Midwives report better results and greater job Features such...

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Active II Water Birth Pool Judges at the Building Better Healthcare awards said that the original Active Birth Pool was an incomparable combination of intelligent design, superior materials and state-of-the-art manufacturing. The latest advancements in design, material and engineering take the new model of this award winning water birth pool to new levels of safety, usability and end-user satisfaction. Specifications Length: Width: Height: Depth: Weight (empty): Capacity: Material: Guarantee: Active Birth Pools

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