It’s said that a “Hollywood birth” rarely happens in real life. You know the story; the water breaks in a dramatic gush, a race to the hospital, and a baby pops out very soon after. Sometimes the baby is even born on the way, in the taxi, for example. And someone, typically the father figure, faints. Leave it to me to check off almost all of those boxes. This isn’t common because most of the time, the water doesn’t actually break until well after labour is underway and even rarer still is for it to all come out in one big rush. In fact, this only happens in about 10% of births! I was prepped for this possible scenario by my hospital but didn’t think it would ever happen this way. It was a regular, pregnant day. I’d gone New Year’s sales shopping and took myself out for lunch. It was a regular pregnant night too. I took a nice bath and tucked into bed before midnight. I had no idea it would be my last regular day and night for a very, very long time. Just after 2am - I woke up with a mi...