As a midwife, I struggled to let go during the birth of our first child. I was mentally present for the whole 60hours of our induced labour. I made clinical decisions and was constantly monitoring the wellbeing of our unborn child. As a consequence I felt like I was at work and my husband felt alienated. When we found out we were pregnant again (with twins!) I knew I needed to attend my labour/delivery as a mother, not as a midwife, so we decided to attend hypnobirthing with

The Birth Story of Alice Known Girl EDD – 19th June 2023 Birthday – 12th June 2023, 12.49pm Weight – 8lb 4oz Planned – home water birth Actual – labour ward land birth following induction My first daughter was born spontaneously at 37 weeks and 1 day, 18 hours after waters breaking and only 11 hours after first contraction. So I fully expected another early baby this time and never thought I would ever have to consider induction! This pregnancy I was diagnosed with Gestatio