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GIVING BIRTH MADE ME PSYCHOTIC
There was a certain comedy to the start of my labour. I’d been induced and things were happening more quickly than we’d been warned to expect. We had to fight to convince the midwives my contractions were less than 10 minutes apart, making me eligible for pain relief. After multiple unsuccessful entreaties, they agreed to hook me up to a monitor, and to their surprise,