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My Surrogate Home Birth Story: Part IV

After the baby’s birth: birthing the placenta and meeting the baby

Kim Barrett
Kim’s Surrogacy Journey
6 min readMar 17, 2023

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Close-up photo of the author holding a baby’s hand
The author holding the hand of the baby they gave birth to © Kim Barrett

To read about the birth and earlier stages of my labour as a surrogate, click for Part I, Part II or Part III.

CW: description of receiving medical stitches, discussion of post-partum bleeding and photo of blood

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