How To Make A Home Birth Mat

The same method would make a great bath mat if you customized the shape.

How to make a home birth mat.

Sew fabric right sides together along 3 sides. You can read about the case for a home birth here. These are fully heat sealed and cleanable and with a high grip material to the base. If you re worried about the mat sliding stick a grip pad to the bottom using spray adhesive.

Make the base out of kids foam play mats layered. On the fourth side sew about 1 4 of the way then turn right side out. These mats come in a light lilac grey colour. This bath mat is a little more high maintenance but very unique.

To make a tummy time mat assuming you are padding it with batting cut the batting to match your square. Many people come to home birth after having direct experience with or hearing stories about undesirable hospital births. That is also why i decided to publish here my own earthing mat diy project. An earthing or grounding mat was no exception to that so i decided to find a way to make my own grounding mat as one of the many available earthing products to see if it would work for me.

One of the advantages of having a home birth is that you ll already have all your own things around which can make you feel more comfortable that said you may also want to get a few extra bits and pieces to help you cope with labour and make sure you can protect your floors and furniture.