{"id":3460,"date":"2016-01-05T13:41:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T13:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2016-01-05T13:41:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T13:41:53","slug":"home-birth-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/2016\/01\/05\/home-birth-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Birth, so far&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the wife started having contractions this week, then they got really intense last night, painful, and occurring every 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Called the labour ward and 2 midwives arrived about half an hour later.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NV_pQOZye-M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0an examination, it was determined\u00a0that the wife (calling her that as she probably won&#8217;t want to be named) was 2cm dilated. This was at 3am, and they thought baby would be here around 10 or 11am.<\/p>\n<p>However, everything has slowed down &#8211; contractions are currently once every 20 mins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some advice on home birthing with a pool &#8211; have a trial run. I still have no idea how to use the water pump and the lounge had to be rearranged last thing to fit the pool in.<\/p>\n<p>Check your paternity leave. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t even think about it until just now. You need to give 15 weeks notice. \u00a0If you haven&#8217;t been at your current company long, you may not be entitled to any.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the wife started having contractions this week, then they got really intense last night, painful, and occurring every 5 minutes. 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