A week ago today, I was helpless as Hannah endured the pain that signalled the beginning of her labour. For hours, we were in disbelief, all of the advice we had received hadn’t accounted for any of what we – she – was going through. “You’ll know,” they all said. We certainly didn’t. Finally, at around three in the morning, I drove us to the hospital. We were admitted and then moved from triage to the labour and delivery ward around eight.
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