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Allison’s Story

Feb 22, 2011 | Doula Attended, Empowered, Fertility Treatments, First Birth, Hospital Birth, HypnoBirthing, Midwife Attended, Planned Pregnancy, Ring of Fire

This is the story of the birth of my first child, my daughter, Elliot, on 30 November 2002. I longed for this baby.  My life was everything I had ever wanted — great husband, education, dream job, lovely suburban house backing up to woods, money and time enough...

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