‘Getting out of the tub, a strong contraction hit me’ When I first met my fiance Chris Croad, 31, I was a waitress, he was my manager.
It was when he left four years later, in 2010, that we got together. And soon, I was pregnant.
After a 14-hour labour, Ollie was born at St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, in August 2011.
Pregnant again in February last year, Chris and I were thrilled.
‘I’d like a home birth, but I’d worry something would go wrong,’ I told Chris, and he agreed, so I made arrangements with St Mary’s Hospital.
On 19 September last year, four days overdue, I was uncomfortable, and Chris was unwell after a tummy bug.
My mum Linda, 52, took Ollie overnight, so we could both…
