My DH works in Africa, and there was a possibility that he wouldn't make it back for DS's birth dependent on when I went into labour, with this in mind I enlisted the help of a Doula, who I got to know very well before the big day and knew that if my DH wasn't back in time that I would feel 100% supported by my lovely doula. As it turned out DS was overdue one week and DH made it back in time.

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