A woman I know has a second home in the mountains that she rents out when she and her family are not using it. In the house, they keep a guest book for renters to sign and write remarks, thank you’s, suggestions etc.
Recently she and her family were at the house and she decided to look through the guest book. In doing so, she came upon this entry from a recent tenant which read something like this –
“We had a wonderful stay at your lovely home. It will always be part of our family memories. While we were here, I gave birth to my third child while in the jacuzzi overlooking the mountains. It was an experience I will never forget.”
Neither will my friend, after spending an hour cleaning the afore-mentioned birthplace with clorox before she would let her kids use it that weekend.
I don’t know if there are any rules of Jacuzzi Etiquette, but if there were such a thing, this has to violate it. Plus, I thought “home” birth means you do it in your home, not someone else’s.
Time to add some new language to the rental agreement…”No home births, please.”
There is not enough Clorox in the world to make that right. Yeah, yeah, it’s natural and beautiful and all that, but I would never be able to relax in that tub again.
Nev-ah.
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That’s just wrong!
I just noticed that you are a “foodie”, too! That’s cool – I would love to work in the medical field – but, actually work for a chef! Ha! Ha!
I don’t think I would want to give birth in someone else’s jacuzzi any more than I would want someone else to give birth in mine…
As my mother would say: There is a time and place for everything…this is neither!
It raises the further point that if you are going to open your home to renters, one should never use a black light on the furniture…
A multitude of electrical pulses are currently making their way up and down my spine right now…
Imagine what some guest books must say?
“Thanks for your house – our honeymoon was great! We never even realized what a great view there was!”
or
“Dude, we partied hard here. The local police are SOOOOO nice!”
or
“We had a great time here – sorry that our kids brought you lice.”
Last point. What on earth would the owners have to do should something had gone wrong with the birth. I seriously doubt that is covered in the umbrella policy!
Don’t worry friend of TBTAM! Bleach kills anything. I attend waterbirths several times a week. We have a cleaning protocol and culture our tub and jets regularly – and nothing grows.
That said, it is pretty rude to birth in another’s house – nevermind tub – without permission. I wonder if she lives somewhere that homebirth is illegal?
As an innkeeper, I can tell you that guests will sometimes do things that take you completely by surprise. This pretty much takes the cake, though.
I just had to share this with some of my innkeeper friends, many of whom have Jacuzzi type tubs. Yikes.
That is so weird it is funny. I think it must be a hoax but you never know. There are some really bizarre humans out there. It does take jacuzzi etiquette to a new level, doesn’t it.
When I rented a cabin, and brought along my dog, the owners were sooo paranoid about the dog getting in the hot tub. It never would have occured to me (and I never would have happened!) but clearly this is another thing that goes on out there 🙂
Is it really much worse than when people have sex and leave their bodily fluids in the water? How about ejaculate, vaginal secretions, or a fecal matter/ejaculate mix?