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00:24 Yeah, I suppose. We thought we were being paranoid, but that things were moving along,
00:30 so we decided to move into Canberra earlier than planned.
00:33 We had an appointment to be induced in the afternoon, but I think around 10.30 in the morning
00:38 we decided we'd leave early just to be safe.
00:41 And probably around the time we hit Yass, I was starting to get nervous
00:47 that maybe things were progressing more than we thought.
00:50 About five minutes out from our embatement, we called the ambulance.
00:55 And about ten minutes later, the baby was born in the back of the car at the hospital.
00:59 It's just the most beautiful thing you can do.
01:01 And I understand what all the fuss is about, with midwives wanting to choose her.
01:06 They prefer to have her do that all the time. It's amazing.
01:10 So yeah, physically, the baby, at speed, she came out quick.
01:18 Can you sit down please for me?
01:20 Holding the baby and seeing her cry for the first time was like...
01:25 I want that ribbon, I want that ribbon.
01:27 Touching in a way that you can't describe.
01:30 And yeah, it was easily one of the most beautiful moments of our lives.
01:34 [Baby crying]
01:47 It probably wouldn't have occurred this way, as beautiful as it was.
01:51 Not everyone is going to have a delivery that is going to go that well.
01:58 Whether it's people like myself delivering a baby, we've got no idea.
02:02 And the amount of people that are having babies on the Barton Highway,
02:06 because there is no facility for that whole region, is pretty worrying.
02:14 Knowing that we have quick labours was worrying for us,
02:17 because our labours are faster than the transport to any hospital.
02:22 I think Hawker is two and a half hours, Canberra is an hour and a half,
02:27 and the closest, which has small, limited services, is four units.
02:32 Yeah, people aren't going to get that lucky.
02:35 We should have gone in earlier. We were in the hospital just the day before.
02:41 We already had the car parked by a miracle, kids already had babysitting.
02:45 So we were fortunate that we had things planned in place,
02:49 that it could happen as soon as it came up, but that could just happen to anyone.
02:54 It could have been raining, it could have been winter.
02:57 We got a sunny day, light breeze, perfect, no drizzles,
03:00 but the next day, we aren't going to be as lucky.
03:04 Yeah, pretty concerning.
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