I was born in RBWH in 1981, the day before my due date - my mum had a 36 hour drug free labour.

Brother 1 was born in the RBWH in 1982 - also a drug free labour but only 2 hours long.

Brother 2 was born in Ayr in 1984 - drug free labour, don't know how long.

Brother 3 was born in Ayr in 1985 - drug free labour, don't know how long.

Brother 4 was born in Townsville in 1988 - went into labour spontaneously but mum was given syntocin to get him out sooner and no pain relief. Mum said the other labours hurt but she seriously thought that she was going to die during that labour. She said she didn't think that her body could take anymore. The reason she was given for the drip was that her doctor needed to get home because he wanted to watch a football game. She said that birth left her extremely traumatised.