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My Surrogate Home Birth Story: Part II

Established labour supported by my partner and the baby’s parents

Kim Barrett
Kim’s Surrogacy Journey
15 min readFeb 24, 2023

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A photo of the author lying on a pile of pillow during labour. A midwife is holding a hand-held Doppler to their stomach and their partner is stroking their hair. They are wearing a t-shirt that says ‘surrogate’. They have their eyes closed and are smiling.
The author resting during established labour © Kim Barrett

To read about my active early labour as a surrogate, click for Part I.

At about 10pm on Saturday night, the midwife arrived (midwife #1). This midwife was brilliant: very unobtrusive, but checked me and the baby at regular intervals…

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