Can anyone recommend a cheap birth ball?

Snowball · Sep 21st, 2009, 12:13 PM

I've decided it's time to get one but there are so many available. I don't want an expensive one but it'll need a pump as I don't think we have one. Does anyone know where I can get a cheap one?

lindak · Sep 21st, 2009, 12:15 PM

You can get them in argos ....... Its a stability ball but they are the exact same thing....

jo_79 · Sep 21st, 2009, 12:18 PM

I got a silver one from argos £6.99 it had a pump which was crap and i blew it up myself in about 5 minutes.

Mynx · Sep 21st, 2009, 12:19 PM

I got a gym ball from Debenhams in the sale for a fiver instead of £15. It came with one of those little hand pump thingies that you blow balloons up wiv.

MummyToAmberx · Sep 21st, 2009, 12:23 PM

Argos value rang was about a fiver.

florabean1981 · Sep 21st, 2009, 12:28 PM

mine is the cheapy white one with a blue pump from argos- cost me £4.99. It's only 55cm though, which is fine for me coz I'm quite short (alomost 5'4"). Your hips should be at right angles apparently when you sit on the ball. The only difference between gym balls & birthing balls, are that the birthing ones are made so that if they puncture, they deflate slowly, as opposed to popping & you landing on your bum, lol. Birthing ones are quite expensive, whereas normal gym balls range from about £5 up to about £25. They all do the same thing though at the end of they day!

alice&bump · Sep 21st, 2009, 12:30 PM

i think the tesco value ones are about 2 quid! we got one given to us without a pump, and OH just blew it up. this time round we've lost the stopper bit and stuck the end of a kiddies paint brush in it!

ellie · Sep 21st, 2009, 12:33 PM

i got mine on ebay for about £10 but i've seen them in asda, tesco etc for about £6 or £7 (gym balls that is). most of the gym balls claim to be 'anti burst' as well, and i would've thought that they get more punishment than a birthing ball anyway?

aimee-lou · Sep 21st, 2009, 12:46 PM

Asda Gym Ball - £5!

Jemma_x · Sep 21st, 2009, 15:07 PM

i used the asda gym ball £5 including pump

Sep 21st, 2009, 12:13 PM	#1
Snowball Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 10,214	Can anyone recommend a cheap birth ball? I've decided it's time to get one but there are so many available. I don't want an expensive one but it'll need a pump as I don't think we have one. Does anyone know where I can get a cheap one?

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Sep 21st, 2009, 12:15 PM	#2
lindak Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dublin , Ireland Posts: 1,096	You can get them in argos ....... Its a stability ball but they are the exact same thing....

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Sep 21st, 2009, 12:18 PM	#3
jo_79 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 1,121	I got a silver one from argos £6.99 it had a pump which was crap and i blew it up myself in about 5 minutes.

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Sep 21st, 2009, 12:19 PM	#4
Mynx Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NW London, UK Posts: 8,298	I got a gym ball from Debenhams in the sale for a fiver instead of £15. It came with one of those little hand pump thingies that you blow balloons up wiv.

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Sep 21st, 2009, 12:23 PM	#5
MummyToAmberx Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wolverhampton Posts: 11,185	Argos value rang was about a fiver.

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Sep 21st, 2009, 12:28 PM	#6
florabean1981 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Gosport, Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,405	mine is the cheapy white one with a blue pump from argos- cost me £4.99. It's only 55cm though, which is fine for me coz I'm quite short (alomost 5'4"). Your hips should be at right angles apparently when you sit on the ball. The only difference between gym balls & birthing balls, are that the birthing ones are made so that if they puncture, they deflate slowly, as opposed to popping & you landing on your bum, lol. Birthing ones are quite expensive, whereas normal gym balls range from about £5 up to about £25. They all do the same thing though at the end of they day!

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Sep 21st, 2009, 12:30 PM	#7
alice&bump Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 8,703	i think the tesco value ones are about 2 quid! we got one given to us without a pump, and OH just blew it up. this time round we've lost the stopper bit and stuck the end of a kiddies paint brush in it!

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Sep 21st, 2009, 12:33 PM	#8
ellie Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: south wales Posts: 3,818	i got mine on ebay for about £10 but i've seen them in asda, tesco etc for about £6 or £7 (gym balls that is). most of the gym balls claim to be 'anti burst' as well, and i would've thought that they get more punishment than a birthing ball anyway?

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Sep 21st, 2009, 12:46 PM	#9
aimee-lou Other BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Norfolk - UK Posts: 6,176	Asda Gym Ball - £5!

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Sep 21st, 2009, 15:07 PM	#10
Jemma_x Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 13,391	i used the asda gym ball £5 including pump

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