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Release Date: 07/17/2018

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The Birth Hour - A Birth Story Podcast

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The Birth Hour - A Birth Story Podcast

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The Birth Hour - A Birth Story Podcast

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891| Long and Difficult First Birth and Postpartum Followed by Fast Birth and Redemptive Postpartum - Blair Lamb [part 2] show art 891| Long and Difficult First Birth and Postpartum Followed by Fast Birth and Redemptive Postpartum - Blair Lamb [part 2]

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890| Long and Difficult First Birth and Postpartum Followed by Fast Birth and Redemptive Postpartum - Blair Lamb [part 1] show art 890| Long and Difficult First Birth and Postpartum Followed by Fast Birth and Redemptive Postpartum - Blair Lamb [part 1]

The Birth Hour - A Birth Story Podcast

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Claire is 6 foot, so she was never going to have a small baby; however, she only started to worry when she went a week overdue. Claire was pretty sure her baby was going to be massive, and she was. Both Claire and her husband, Rich, had decided to go Team Green and so only knew they were having ‘a baby’. Both expected a boy, but having had three early miscarriages prior to the birth, neither honestly cared so long as the baby was healthy. Claire was feeling very grumpy the day she went into labour. She had some scares, which turned out to be Braxton Hicks warm ups, and so she went for a long waddle to Tesco where she was poo’ed on by a bird. That afternoon, she started to go into early labor. Having sent Rich off to bed (the philosophy being at least one of them would get some sleep) Claire then labored long into the night, until she was told to come into the hospital at 4am by her midwives. Early assessment showed Claire was actually slowing down, so she and Rich were sent up to ‘Level 5’ of the hospital where they waited it out for a further 20 hours without sleep or drugs. Even meptid given at 12am on that second night didn’t touch it. This wasn’t fun, as Claire was pretty sure she was in established labor despite the long waits between strong contractions.

She was right, and at 5am Claire was finally sent to delivery by a very bossy and wonderful chief midwife. Here she was given an epidural and was looked after by two young, bubbly midwives, Daisy and Amy. You’re not meant to have a party in a delivery room, but they did anyway. With the help of drugs to speed the contractions on and having her waters broken for her, the baby made its way down the birth canal. 9 hours later it became clear Claire needed an episiotomy. Artemis popped out very quickly and amazed everyone when they realized she was a girl, not the expected boy (Claire was secretly very chuffed). Cuddles and nursing were done while Claire was stitched (Artemis will still to this day try to root on Rich) and the parents were lucky enough to be left in the delivery room to sleep until they were moved up to a ward. The whole thing was very relaxed!