Freebirthing our daughter was no accident. I rehearsed it a hundred times, making her birth story one that already felt so familiar. I fantasised what it was going to be like - feeling her head for the first time, that moment she was between two worlds. Mine undoubtedly about to change...

My four year old son Henry often rehearses giving birth. He sees childbirth as something to be proud of and to get excited about writes Nicole Lucy-Jones. This article won Highly Commended in our 2021 Writing Competition.

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