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Dear
listers
In following the
emails today, I felt that I just had to share! I was asked by my
daughter to be a support person for her and her husband in their two
labours. My daughter is an extremely well educated/informed/aware young
lady who is never backward in coming forward, especially when she really wants
something.
She said that she
would love me there firstly as her Mum, and secondly as a midwife (birth
centre from way back) because I was someone that she trusted totally. Everyone
at the birth in the birth centre was informed of what the pair of them wanted,
what was negotiable and what WAS NOT!. She trusted me to speak up
for her when she couldn't herself, and if I didn't say anything then things were
fine.
The end result was
two of the loveliest labours I can ever remember. Being there for someone
I loved was squillions of times better than being there for births in the birth
centre where I used to work. And I also got to catch two of the
cutest babies, Oliver (he is now an interesting 2 year old) and his little
sister Grace.
As has been stated
on the list before, trust is the most important thing!
Judy
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