00:00 expecting to see me pacing around with bad contractions and she walked into her head hanging out.
00:05 I'm Leanne, Mimi's mum.
00:07 I'm Ashley, Leanne's best friend.
00:11 I'm midwife.
00:13 I woke up at half past four in the morning, I'd slept on the sofa
00:22 and I'd been having tightenings all night
00:24 and I woke up with backache, I had four contractions
00:27 and they were about ten minutes apart
00:29 so not very strong, I was talking trash on the phone, talking to my partner on the phone
00:35 and about half past six they started getting much stronger
00:39 so I was saying to my partner when you get home I think we're going to have to go to hospital
00:42 I phoned my niece who works at the hospital to get a lift with her
00:45 spoke to the midwife on the phone and she said
00:49 "Is it the first baby?" and I said "No, third"
00:51 and as I was talking to her my water was broke
00:54 and I said my water was broke and she said "Okay, just make your way in as soon as you're ready"
00:58 put the phone down, I was here, turned around
01:02 and they think that I turned her as I moved
01:04 and then I just needed to push
01:06 so I phoned her back and said
01:08 "I just spoke to you and my water's broke"
01:10 and she said "Oh yeah, you come in to us aren't you?"
01:12 and I said "No, I need to push now"
01:14 so she then phoned an ambulance
01:16 and it all just went crazy then
01:19 it was like from her phoning the ambulance she was then born in seven minutes
01:24 my daughter had come down and her head was hanging out
01:26 and she went back upstairs and phoned Ashley who lives just across the road
01:29 and said "Mum's in labour, you need to come now"
01:32 so Ashley came in expecting to see me pacing around with bad contractions
01:37 and she walked into her head hanging out
01:39 so she kicked off her slippers, got down on the floor
01:42 and persisted to deliver the body
01:52 it was really scary, it was intense
01:55 but it was amazing
01:56 she was so calm
01:58 I'm so glad I was here
02:00 she appeared very calm, I mean I don't know if she actually was
02:03 yeah, I don't know, it's surreal isn't it?
02:06 like in a situation, thinking "Oh I won't be able to do it"
02:09 but I just kind of got on with it
02:12 yeah, it's like there was no time to think really was there?
02:14 no time to panic
02:15 she was coming, whether we liked it or not
02:19 (baby crying)
02:21 and I've said that if I ever have another child
02:25 when I get one contraction I'm going to the hospital and I'm not leaving
02:28 (laughing)
02:30 so I don't have to go through the trauma again
02:32 (music)
02:35 (music)
02:37 (music)
02:39 (music)
02:41 (upbeat music)
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