The unplanned semi-unassisted home birth of Baylen Francis

For most of my pregnancy, my midwife let me know that a fourth birth was often shorter in duration than the other births. My first birth was a common long (36+ hour) birth, my second - much, much faster (midwife arrived 10 minutes before he was born), and my third was average - about 12 hours. So when contractions began early Monday morning Nov. 10th (around 2am), and lasted for over an hour 4-5mins apart....I called the midwife. I was 41w 5d.

She sent a fellow midwife over to me (who I...

The unplanned semi-unassisted home birth of Baylen Francis