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The birth of Cohen Heine (rewrite)

Cohen Heine 27 April 2015
Our planned unassisted home birth

And here we are at baby number 4. Cara-Mia is 5 Ciane 2 and Carmin 1. Yes I fell pregnant while exclusively breastfeeding again.

We from the start appointed a midwife in case we have complications again. My pregnancy goes pretty smooth, despite the very busy other three and the fact that Carmin could not even walk yet.

And then we had a false alarm and my husband and a fight with the midwife ... and basically fired her. So now we are planning an unassisted birth. I read up all I need to know and decide that we live close enough to a hospital should anything go wrong we can just pop in there.

My husband now works further from home and will have to seriously speed to get to me in time if this birth foes like the first two.  For the first time I am pregnant for a whole 40 weeks , In pregnancy terms that is like 40 years. I don't take any pills and just wait it out.

27 April Freedom day in our country, national holiday. Hubby isn't at work.
I feel emotional and uncomfortable but I'm stilled chilled. Heine keeps the kids busy while I rest  a bit. At 11 am I feel my first big contraction.

Now I have in my mind the contractions I had with baby nr 3 so this is like nothing. They come and go, my mom sits with me and we chat.

1pm I am exhausted, my eyes literally falls closed. I want to sleep like now. On the bed and I'm out.
Husband tells mother he is taking the two middle ones, just going to the shop, Cara-Mia wants to stay.

13:15 Huge contraction, cant even get of the bed, kneel down and there it is. No ring of fire no one contraction head the next the body. No its just there. Huge head an ghostly white.
Luckily mom was there to catch him. Cara-Mia helped with handing her towels. So impressed and overjoyed.

Baby between my legs I phone husband... come home now.

And that was it, just like that it was over. Daddy missed it. 







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