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Quietly, I started to put the trust in my own body and instincts and declined some of the “routine” procedures. I had NHS care up until 37 weeks when Natasha took over. Our appointments happened at home, on the sofa which built a truly trusting relationship. The pool was dropped off, the gas and air and a tens machine stayed downstairs. My partner and I did a hypnobirthing course together and I spent time preparing myself with affirmations and long baths listening to the hypnobirthing tracks.","5a26516b251a","08c9b72ab0b4",{"style":113,"_key":1034,"markDefs":1035,"children":1036,"_type":67},"12050486da9b",[],[1037],{"_type":64,"marks":1038,"text":1039,"_key":1040},[],"I sailed passed my due date and my anxiety went up, but Natasha’s didn’t. She just kept reassuring me I wouldn’t be pregnant forever. Week 41 came, then plus one, then plus two, then plus 3. 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I asked Natasha to come thinking she may just arrive, check in, and go home and leave me to it. But my contractions were intense so she said she wasn’t going to leave and asked my partner to fill the pool. Things continued to ramp up and I couldn’t seem to get any relief between surges, I used gas and air and side lay on my bed. I was desperate to get in the pool to be weightless and it was such a relief when I did. I laboured most of the night in the pool, contractions coming thick and fast. I was mostly unaware of Natasha and her second midwife Frances. I didn’t have any internal examinations, no cervix measurements, I was just left to my instincts. My partner was by my side the whole time, reading letters from friends, Natasha every now again asked to listen to the baby with the doppler and in between surges would encourage me to rest. 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We were so lucky to be introduced to our independent midwives, Sophie and Natasha, by lovely local doula, Betty.","ab12caef7d16",{"children":1151,"_type":67,"style":113,"_key":1156,"markDefs":1157},[1152],{"_type":64,"marks":1153,"text":1154,"_key":1155},[],"Sophie and Natasha are absolutely amazing – they were with us every step of the way. I felt safe, informed and cared for over the last weeks of my pregnancy – nothing was too big or too small (or too silly) to ask them. 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