So many times I had stood in this exact theatre room, all scrubbed up, ready to receive a baby. And now here I was…….the patient on the table.

“Ok,” I thought, “I’ve either just broken my waters or I’ve peed myself – and I have NEVER peed myself.”

"I can't breathe," I gasped as I rocked back and forth trying to find a comfortable position. Sharp, unbearable pain radiated through my chest.

I was excited, yet terrified – I wanted to meet her baby before I left, yet it seemed way too confronting.