*wow*

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don't know if this site has been linked before but found it really inspiring:

www.birthdiaries.com/diary/ext025/

My God. So amazing! Thankyou for sharing. I just read the whole thing through and cried.

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That was fantabulous! I have always harboured a yearning for a birth in the great outdoors, but it is unlikely in the Scottish weather!

check out the rest of the birth diaries on the top of the navigation bar. the piccies may be graphic but wowee

Hmm, dunno about the "let's have our 3 or 4 yr old present while we do perineal massage" bit. I don't doubt their motives but is it really necessary?

Personally I wouldn't have a small child present at a birth either, in case they were scared or confused. I'm worried about dp being scared or confused when I have the baby, and he's 30!

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