I just read this again (It was one of the first birth stories I read on BB!) and can now see so much of my own story in it... The sweet smell... Unhelpful obs (though I was lucky in that I didn't have to wait - the midwives didn't realise Ianto was about to make an entrance)

It gives me so much hope for myself that you went on to have #2 (and 3) - there have been times in the past month that I think there's no way my body could carry and birth a live baby... But there is hope! Thank you so much for sharing, even though I'm really late to comment. Thank you for giving someone like me hope.