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My contractions started at 12.15am and were every 20-30 minutes. By 6am they were every 5-10 minutes and by 9am, every 3 minutes. I arrived at hospital at 9.45am and was found to be 6cm dilated. By 1.00pm, I was fully dilated. My waters broke at 1.15pm and Robert was born at 2.36pm.

Throughout the contractions, I concentrated on my breathing and other than occasionally walking around, I knelt on the bed, holding the headboard, rocking backwards and forwards in time with inhaling and exhaling.

During the birthing process, I sat upright so that I could push downwards. Other than four gasps of entonox, I had no pain relief, other than my husband massaging my feet. I did notice that when he massaged my feet, the contractions weren’t so severe.