Women's Decision-Making And Factors Affecting Their Choice Of ...

• You mentioned that you had friends who had theft babies at home?
210. Yeah, I'll give you a fine example, is my friend's little boy is,
211.now is about three months old, and she got up at 4 o'clock
212. in the morning, went to the toilet and her waters broke.
213. 1./m she phoned her midwife and she said my waters have broke
214. I'm not having contractions as Such or yet, but obviously
215. I'm phoning to let you know. The midwife said okay
216. when you need me phone back. And it got to I think it was
217. 6 o'clock and the contractions were like very very quick, so
218. she phoned the midwife and the midwife arrived, and then
219. the second midwife arrived. And she was stood in her kitchen,
220. having a cup of coffee and a cigarette (laughs) and the midwife
221. said, you know, what are you trying to do to that baby,
222. smoke it out? And they were like laughing and joking?
223. And she said to the midwife, I think I'm going to start pushing
224. and they got her washing up bowl, um because she was stood
225. over the kitchen sink at the time and she got a washing up bowl
226. and she put it like between her legs? and she said within like
227. 5 or 10 minutes, a couple of pushes, and the baby was out, and
228. she said the experience I mean she'd had four children, and she said
229. the experience, you couldn't, you know you got to be there and to
230. have gone through it. But it's how she stood, she said with her
231. coffee on the side, her cigarette was burning in the ash tray,
232. you know, which wasn't a good thing for the baby, we know,
233. but she said you know, and it was a case ofoh, I think I have to
234. push you know, she had 110 Stitches, there was no problems at all,
235. and after the birth, she said you know, it was a case ofthe midwife's
236. got rid ofeverything, the placenta, there was no mess, one ofthem
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