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Running Time:
43:35
- Certified Nurse Midwife – Called midwife and she was at their house for 3 hours
- Had planned for a water birth in a home whirlpool but decided against it
- After crowning the pushing did not get any easier
- Zeke came out with his hand by his head
- Baby came out purple and started to get grey
- Midwife moved everyone to the bed immediately after his birth b/c Zeke was not breathing normally
- Midwife used a cookie sheet as a flat surface to resuscitate
- Midwife was taking the baby’s pulse via the umbilical cord.
- Used full face mask to apply oxygen and he started to breath
- They enjoy him fussing now
- Going to a hospital is shifting the responsibility from doctor to parents
- Going to a hospital does not guarantee that your doctor will be there for you
