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Grace’s Fast and Sacred Homebirth
My second birth with William was a wonderful homebirth.
After a week or so of braxton hicks and some stretch and sweeps from my private midwife, I was 6cm when she checked me Thursday morning when I was 41 + 4. After the check my husband and I went to Bunnings to get some firewood and the cramps began to get a bit stronger. My mother in law dropped our daughter home after she had been away for two nights of sleepovers that had been planned for when we thought I would birth. Since nothing had happened I had decided to have her home because I missed her. She came home and we did all our normal routine of dinner, bath and bedtime. The whole time I was in early labour but not yet breathing through the contractions. Still very mild. My husband and I watched some tv until 10pm and then I went to bed.
