My first delivery (no it wasn't a pizza!!!) I say the word delivery in accordance with the ole EU directives, not in a derogatory sense..... Anyway continuing, I had my five witnesses, and was working with a midwife I'd never worked with before, I told her it was my first 'catch' she said you'll be fine etc.. Any way the woman had average height/build/straightforward pregnancy etc...but her OH was 6ft 8in mmm, being very green gilled I didn't really think anything of it except-my word how tall is he??? (or words to that effect) Reg pulled us to one side, and said we should be prepared for shoulder dystocia (great) I didn't really know fully what this meant/involved at the time. She had also had previous failed ventouse, ending in forceps and a 3rd degree tear, with a 7lb baby who was born at 36 weeks. Now however she was 41+ weeks.
Anyway I remember it as if it were yesterday we had a real laugh throughout, her and her hubby were brilliant, real comedians, just bounced off each other (IYKWIM), she went on to have a 9lb 10oz babe and intact perineum and we all cried afterwards, it was the best most bewildering moment ever, I cannot describe fully in words how I felt, truly amazing.
My last birth was a water birth, so a fantastic way to end my training, it was marvellous, beautiful physiological 3rd stage, just lovely, like textbook material stuff xx

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