Reflections on my second caesarean journey - 9 years later

Today my baby boy turns 9. 

As always I spend a bit of time around the kids' birthdays reflecting on the experience, how I felt then, how I feel now, and what I learnt.

Thomas was baby #2.  I had been planning and preparing for a VBAC. I had an iron clad birth plan. I had learnt so much about birth and my rights. I thought that I knew what I needed know. 

But there was still quite a few things I was about to learn.....

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