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0:00:39 > 0:00:41- We're Sally and Darren.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45- I have two boys who are nine - and six, Jayden and Austin.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- This is Darren's first baby.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- To be honest, after living - away from Caernarfon for years...
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- ..I didn't think - I'd meet someone local.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- We were on a night out - in Caernarfon.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- I was supposed - to stay in that night.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11- I wasn't going out.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- But a friend twisted my arm, - at the last minute.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- So I decided to go out in the end.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- Yes. We met in one of the pubs.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- I don't remember, to be honest.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- We texted each other the next day.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- You texted me?
0:01:27 > 0:01:28- I messaged you.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- You tried to compliment - the top I'd worn.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36- I was wearing a dress. - It shows how much you remember.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37- Your catsuit.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45- When I was 17, I decided - to join the RAF and do nursing.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- I moved away to live - for about ten years.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54- I was lucky enough to live abroad - in places like Cyprus and Germany.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- But there's no place - like home, as they say.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03- Once you have children, - what you want in life changes.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- I decided, after the separation...
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- ..to come back.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- My family is fairly local.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17- So I came back with the boys - to live in Caernarfon.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- I became pregnant quite early - in our relationship.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- We'd only been together for a year.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- As you get older, you kind of know.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30- I knew you wanted - to be a father at some point.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Things happened - a bit sooner than we expected.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- But we were very happy - when we found out.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38- Yes.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- Austin, Jayden, come here. - I have something to show you.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46- Look what Mam has!
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- It's a photo of your - little brother or sister.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52- Do you like it?
0:02:52 > 0:02:53- Do you like it?- - Yes.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54- Mam had a scan.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56- It looks like a boy.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57- It looks like a boy.- - Do you think so?
0:02:58 > 0:02:59- Do you like it?
0:02:59 > 0:03:00- Yes.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Take it to school, if you like.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04- Tomorrow?
0:03:04 > 0:03:04- Yes, if you like.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06- Yes, if you like.- - Thanks.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08- You sent a photo, I think.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- You sent a photo, I think.- - Yes, I sent you a photo!
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- From your mobile, of the test.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14- I saw two lines.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- I was quite shocked...
0:03:17 > 0:03:18- ..but happy.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- We're going to have a baby.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- He will change the nappies.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33- No, you will.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34- You.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35- You.- - Oh.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- This is the nursery, - or it will be.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- I haven't quite got it all - as it should be yet.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- Everything is ready. - I could have the baby tomorrow.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- The layout isn't quite - as I want it at the moment.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- I'm looking forward.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- Me too.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- Maybe he'll wake us up in the night.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- We intend to have - a home birth this time.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Yes. We'll have the birthing - pool in the lounge.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18- Hopefully!
0:04:18 > 0:04:19- With candles and music.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20- With candles and music.- - And music.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- You're in charge of the music.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- That's the only job I've given you.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27- Heavy rock.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29- Yes.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- I hope it will be natural.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- If we choose a home birth...
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- ..I won't get a lot of pain relief.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- The options are limited, - while there are more in hospital.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48- I was lucky with the boys. - I coped quite well with the pain.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- We hope it will be as natural - and smooth as possible.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- Everyone has brought - loads of old towels...
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- ..as if it was the 1940s - and we needed loads of towels!
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- I have these, because I tend - to feel ill when I give birth.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12- There is a lot of plastic - to cover the floor.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- This is ready to fill the pool - when the pool arrives later on.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- They say you must have a new - hosepipe to fill the pool.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- So a home birthing kit in one, - in this bucket.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32- At first, I was quite - apprehensive about a home birth.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- It's my first baby.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41- After talking to Sally, and from - what the midwife said to Sally...
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- ..I'm quite happy - about the home birth.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- It's much more personal. - I can be there from the start.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- I won't have to leave.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- I'm happy we've chosen a home birth.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- We'll set up the pool - for you now, or Becks will.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- Then you can see - how much space you have.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16- We must have room to move.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17- We must have room to move.- - Right.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19- Can I stay in the pool all the time?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- Can I stay in the pool all the time?- - Yes, all the time.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- Put the plastic here and under this.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30- We'll put a sheet over this - and have a towel under you.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- You'll have to come - out of the pool sometime.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- You can't stay there for days, - although it'd be nice.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40- Yes!
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- This area has to be ready - for you to come out.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45- Alright.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- Do you think it's suitable?
0:06:47 > 0:06:48- Do you think it's suitable?- - Yes, indeed.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- With the size of the pool.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- You'll do the skin-to-skin - for a time in the pool.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- The baby should be up to here - in the water, to keep warm.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Not too high up, - or he'll get a bit cold.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03- Okey-dokes!
0:07:03 > 0:07:04- You don't want him to drown either.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- You don't want him to drown either.- - No, we'll try not to!
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- We don't know how we'll fill it yet.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- We'll have to set it up - when I go into labour.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- We can't leave it - in the room for three weeks!
0:07:17 > 0:07:18- We'll have to plan it.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19- We'll have to plan it.- - I'll sort that too.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- You'll probably be - in charge of emptying it too!
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- So I fill and empty the birthing - pool and do the playlist.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- I'll be in charge.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30- PUMP
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- It goes up quite suddenly.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34- It goes up quite suddenly.- - It's fast, with that.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- If you blew into it yourself, - you'd take ages.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39- Yes.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- This is good, - because this part inflates too.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- So you have something - under your backside.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52- Close it quickly.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Giving birth is normal.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Years ago, most babies - were born at home.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- It's nice not - to have it medicalized...
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- ..if the pregnancy is going well.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- It's a very good thing.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14- We'd like the numbers to increase - and encourage more to have it.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- People need to know - there isn't a mess.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26- It can happen quickly - and you can have a pool at home too.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- I'm sure a lot more - would go for it...
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- ..especially with - the second or third baby.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- Very often, if they have - the first baby very suddenly...
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- ..they choose a home birth next.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- That also is a point to consider.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Not everyone has a six hour labour.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50- It can be two hours, even on the - bypass on the way to Ysbyty Gwynedd.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55- It's a nice option. The family - is nearby, no visiting times.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- You can be with your children - and anyone can come to see you.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- You have your own food - and toilet, which is great.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- There's less intervention, - because they move more.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12- As a result, it's faster - and there's less intervention.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13- Ta-ra.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15- Bye. See you tonight.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16- OK.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- We don't know what we're having.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22- I chose, actually.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- I didn't want to know, - but you did.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27- He was very firm.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- I found out with the boys.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- When we went for the scan, - I told the woman immediately...
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- "..Don't scan in one place. - We don't want to know."
0:09:38 > 0:09:39- I'm very glad now.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- It's very exciting.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- It keeps the element - of excitement...
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- ..for us and for everyone, - until the baby arrives.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- You're a traditionalist like that.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56- People didn't know what they'd - have long ago. It wasn't a problem.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- I thought, - "Why do we have to know now?"
0:10:00 > 0:10:01- I am glad now.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06- But if it was only my decision, - I think I would have.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- It adds to the element of surprise.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10- It adds to the element of surprise.- - Yes.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- Just we can't buy anything.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- We only have white things now.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- We only have white things now.- - That isn't a problem.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18- Yeah!
0:10:23 > 0:10:28- Now it's the eleventh, - no, the ninth, of November.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33- The baby was supposed - to arrive on the 30th of October.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38- It's ten days after - he or she was supposed to arrive.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- Things might be different - from what I'd have liked.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- I might not have a home birth, - as I'd intended.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55- Lots of friends have suggested - ways to help the baby arrive...
0:10:56 > 0:11:01- ..like eating spicy food, - taking a raspberry leaf tablet...
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- ..walking.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- I think I've walked - twenty miles in the past five days!
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- Nothing is moving this baby. - He must be happy where he is!
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- I'm quite a natural person, really.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- I only bought this ball yesterday, - to try and bounce this baby out.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- At the moment, - he's comfortable where he is.
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0:11:44 > 0:11:49- Can you help me put these - in the car? Where are your shoes?
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- As you can see, - the baby hasn't arrived.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- I'm a fortnight overdue.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- I'll have to be induced.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03- It's more of a risk to the baby - to be more than a fortnight overdue.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- I was clinging to the hope - it would have happened.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- The baby is too cosy in my belly!
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- It'll come out today, under protest!
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- It's always last minute with me.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22- The same as the baby.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- He's already taking after his Dad.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- Coat. He is lastminute.com.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- What else do you need? - Fruit. And your school bag.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36- Let's go.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- Let's go.- - Are we off?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41- OK.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- I'm only planning - on being there a few hours.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- I don't like travelling light!
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- Is that empty?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- Ta-ta.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- WARD INTERCOM SYSTEM
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- Hiya. Sally Williams, - to have an induction at ten.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- They're checking - that the baby and I are healthy.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- They've taken my blood pressure - and temperature.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30- As a nurse, I know the basics!
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- They're checking - that mother and baby are OK.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- This monitors the heartbeat.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- This monitors the contractions.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- I haven't had any contractions - this past fortnight!
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- I don't think they'll start - until they break my waters.
0:13:49 > 0:13:55- It's a reassuring safety net, - and to see the heartbeat.
0:13:55 > 0:14:01- I'll have a strong, - healthy baby, hopefully.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- We just have to wait.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- That's all we can do, - wait, wait, wait.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09- Time for lunch.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- I'll get some lunch.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- By the time I'm back, hopefully - something will have happened.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- That's fine.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- Shepherd's pie, please.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- I didn't fancy the corned beef - sandwich Sally ordered.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42- I've come for a walk - even though I'm wearing this band.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- I'm going to eat a lot - in the hope the baby comes.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- Ready to pop soon?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50- Ready to pop soon?- - We wish!
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- I was hoping today.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Thank you very much.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- It hurts!
0:15:17 > 0:15:22- Three quarters of an hour ago, I - didn't think anything would happen.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- The contraction pains - are coming thick and fast.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- We don't want the baby - to come on Friday the 13th.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- It's Friday the 13th - in just over two hours.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42- It'll make that sort of noise. - You don't have to press anything.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- OK?
0:15:44 > 0:15:45- OK?- - Thank you.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57- WHISPERS
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- It's like being pissed.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09- I can't stop taking it!
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- It hurts.
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0:16:30 > 0:16:32- Do you want to stop?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- GROANS
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- Well done, Sally. Go on. - Well done, love.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51- Bring your legs up.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- Slowly, Sally.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06- Sally, can you bring your leg up - to make room for the baby?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- Let that leg go.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- Sally, the head is out.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Push hard with the next contraction.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- The head is out.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- It's coming. And again, Sal.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- A boy.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46- A little boy!
0:17:52 > 0:17:58- We'll cut the cord - sooner than I'd like to.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00- Do it quickly for me?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- Do it quickly for me?- - Where, there?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- Excuse me.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Can you look after Mum for me?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- Is the baby OK?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- BABY CRIES
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- A little boy.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02- A little boy.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09- That was quick.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- That was quick.- - Yes!
0:19:11 > 0:19:15- A natural birth is better - for the mother and baby.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- The baby was shocked - when he was born.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- I rubbed him with a towel - and he came round.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- He's having skin-to-skin with Sally.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- What time is it?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- Eleven.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- Brilliant.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47- Sally was only between - three and four dilated at 10.20pm.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- We began the monitoring at 10.40pm.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- He arrived a minute before eleven.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- Oh, baby.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- Hello.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- Hello, baby.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- You were quick, weren't you?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Mam wasn't expecting you.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- They're thrilled he came today.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19- It's Friday the 13th - of November tomorrow.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23- They didn't want him - to be born on Friday the 13th.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- Celan came quite suddenly.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36- He was born before midnight, - so we're happy about that.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- You can stop taking that now.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- Oh, Celan!
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- CELAN CRIES
0:20:51 > 0:20:53- I'm very emotional.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- I don't normally feel like this.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- I can just about hold it in.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- I'm so happy.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Isn't he perfect, Darren?
0:21:06 > 0:21:07- Isn't he?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Isn't he gorgeous?
0:21:19 > 0:21:20- Isn't he gorgeous?- - Yes.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Do you think he looks like you?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Do you think he looks like you?- - No, not yet.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- He's showing us his muscles!
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- Yes!
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- I'm quite knackered.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39- I wasn't home until - four in the morning.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- Austin and Jayden - were up at half past six.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- I sorted them.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- I want to go home with Celan.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Then we can relax, hopefully.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07- Isn't he lovely? The car seat - is in place and we're going home.
0:22:07 > 0:22:13- It's been eventful. - It happened so suddenly last night.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18- We're over the moon. - He's perfect, isn't he?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- Yes.
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