What happened to Zak was no one’s fault and could not have been predicted. He was never in distress at any point during my pregnancy, labour or even when I was pushing. It was not a case of me not pushing him out quick enough and he did not get stuck, the actual birth part that could be controlled was perfect. What happened is called meconium aspirate. This basically means that during its exit the baby poos whilst still inside you and swallows some. Normally there is signs of

Everyone was telling me I was going to give birth early because I was so big and also because he was head down and fully engaged from 36 weeks; so, you can imagine my frustration when my due date came and went. I know I ultimately only went a few days overdue but I am someone who likes to control and plan so to say I was being impatient would be an understatement. We desperately wanted to meet our baby and being 9 months pregnant starts to take its toll as tiredness creeps in