What a great birth story. So glad you got a great midwife to be on your side and sounds like you've got a wonderful supportive partner. And I didn't mind it being so long. We're on an 8-10hr road trip in the middle of the night- and even though it took me about 3hrs to read...lol...in between interruptions by my 2.5year old son and/or my 11month old son- it was still beautiful to read and helped the time pass.
Thank you for sharing and big welcome to Eleanor.