As I've been trying to write out Naomi's birth story (Long labor = long birth story!), I was amused to realize a couple of key things about my girls' births. With both Millie and Naomi I was in labor for 27 hours. With both of them, labor began shortly after 5am, and they were both born after 8am the following day (Naomi at 8:03, and Millie at 8:30). The big difference? With Millie, labor began with my water breaking. With Naomi, my water never broke - at least, not until she was out! Naomi was born "in the caul" (inside the amniotic sac), which is quite rare, apparently. My midwife said that in the 800 home births she's attended, she's only seen this maybe 4 times.
