So where did we leave off from Edith’s Birth Story Part One..
After finally being taken off the monitor, I met my nurse, Ellen, and saw my midwifes Ellen (there was also another nurse named Lindsay and my middle name is Ellen!) and Tanya as they came on duty. Of all the midwives at Gifford, Ellen was the only midwife we hadn’t met. She had just rejoined back to Gifford after being away for 10 years (she had been at Gifford for 15 years prior to that). I was surprisingly not concerned with not knowing her and that she would be the one to actually guide my labor and eventually catch my baby. I instantly felt comfortable with her and confident in her abilities to follow my birth plan as closely as possible.
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