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Sue Reed's avatar

Had a three day labour with my boy, also back to back. Midwives came and went, home to sleep then back to find me still there. Forceps to turn him & yank him out. These are traumatic events. It's no wonder your body remembers

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Jocelyn Lovelle's avatar

"Pain and language do not sit well together. How do I tell you how sore it was when I’d never experienced something so painful before." This. "I smiled and made sure she ticked the right boxes and I passed all the tests because I like getting things right and also because they don’t test for the right things." And also this.

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