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Tash: Second Birth, Positive NHS Hospital Birth, Precipitous Labour, Waters Breaking at Home, Fetal Ejection Reflex, No Pain Relief, Born in 13 Minutes
Tash shares her second birth story, a precipitous NHS hospital birth that started with her waters breaking at midnight and ended just thirteen minutes after she walked through the doors.
Tash is a mum of two. Her first birth with her daughter Betty was a positive NHS hospital birth with an epidural, though panic during her first contraction sent her hypnobirthing prep out the window. With her son Leo, her waters broke unexpectedly at midnight, days before a planned induction, and contractions came three minutes apart with no gaps from the very start.
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