
It takes about an hour to fill it with hot water, from a hose run from the kitchen sink. There is a heater we plug in to maintain the temperature at around 100 degrees. When you're done with it, you pump out the water through the same hose (our new Fuji apple tree got a good drink when we emptied it the other day).
It's an option to give birth inside the tub, although we're imagining just using it for during contractions leading up to the birth.
