So regimented!! Can you imagine having to ask for your baby to be unwrapped so you could see him/her? I thought it was interesting also that all the babies they had back then were obviously boys...

My mum and I were talking about my brother's (very fast) birth, and she got to the hospital with literally minutes to spare, and the midwife said to her, "Well, I suppose there's no time to give you an enaema. You know, Dr ______ doesn't like his patients to birth without having had an enaema." And Mum was thinking, "well, I would rather not poo in the delivery room either, but this baby is coming NOW!!"

Interestingly, I have had help to and from the toilet both times (getting into and out of bed) after the births - not necessarily from the midwife, M and Mum helped me as well, I think. I was "weaker than I thought"!