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Delivery Diaries: 35 years old, water birth at home

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Delivery Diaries: 35 years old, water birth at home
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Initial:
R

Age:
35

What number baby is this for you?
2

How long (ish) did it take to you to conceive?
Around 1 year

Was it a natural conception or did you need fertility treatment?
Natural conception

Did you have any medical conditions prior to pregnancy?
No

Did you have any conditions that developed during your pregnancy (e.g.Pre-eclampsia, Gestational diabetes)?
No

Did you write birth plan? If so, what birth choices did you hope for?

No I didn’t write a birth plan. I was just hoping to labour and deliver at home

What birth did you have?

Water birth

How was your recovery from birth?
Very straightforward. I had no perineal trauma and labour was quick so I recovered well after a day or so

Do you have any advice or helpful hints or tips that we can share with parents to be?

In the latent phase of labour try and keep busy/active. I cleaned the house and I think having a distraction helped immensely.

 

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