My accidentally unassisted birth story
In the night of my due date I woke at 2:00 am and when I turned over my water broke. I maid it till the bathroom to change underwear when the contractions started and they were intense immediately. After ten minutes of having contractions every other minute I felt like I already couldn’t handle. It is my second child and my first labor took 18 hours and built up nice and slowly and I could stay focused and relatively relaxed. After 20 minutes I told my husband that no matter how soon he should call the midwife. She said it would take her 30 minutes to get to us and during this phone call I felt the urge to puss was starting. During several expulsive contractions we made it to the bed and with the next contraction I felt the head was crowning and the next she was born. We think it was around 2:45 am, maybe a little earlier (we didn’t check the time immediately off course). Thank god she cried immediately, so I put her on my belly and covered her. The midwife arrived 20 minutes later. Everything was okay with the baby and me and I’m really grateful for how things turned out, but it is a lot to process.

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