Well’ I actually chose to have a section, the first time really because the thought of pushing two of them out would have had me in bits for months beforehand. So we moved to here when I was twenty-eight weeks’ and I just asked the consultant, [laughing] ‘Can I have a caesarean?’ And she went, ‘Yes, that’s fine. Because shed quoted that my chances of having one in the end were about seventy-five percent or something like that.

And I thought, ‘Well’ I can’t, you know, I don’t want to push one out and then have a section. So I, thought, ‘Yes, that’s great. So, I was due to go and see her and discuss going in for a planned section when my waters broke and, at four in the morning, I went in that day and had the caesarean at eleven.

And how many weeks were you when you made the decision to have a section?

Oh, as soon as I heard – twelve weeks I think.

So, prior to knowing that you had twins, did you have a preference about how you wanted to deliver?

Not really. I mean, having sort of seen quite a lot of births, I think the whole natural birth thing scares the-, you know’ Oh, it’s scary! [slight laugh]. So in some ways, when I found out that I was having twins, it was great, because I thought, ‘Great – no-ones going to argue with me now! I can have a caesarean. So’ but I mean, if it had been one, obviously, I would have had it naturally, well, tried to.

How do you feel now about the fact that you had a section?

I think it was fantastic. I just think it was the best thing for me. And I’m, I was very happy that I’d made that decision, because the whole thing was completely stress-free. And’ I recovered really quickly. I couldn’t have asked for it to have been any better.

Was it like you thought it would be?

‘Yeah, I guess it probably was. It was as good as I’d hoped, yeah.

So, what’s the overriding factor for you for having a section?

Why I’m having it? It’s the lichen sclerosis, which is fairly stable, just now. And I really don’t want to go in tear and’ then have to go through another day case operation, but’ and also were going to Australia for a year in July and then what would happen if we were out there, would I have to have it there, and it’s just’

Yeah, bit of a nightmare, isn’t it?

Yeah.

And you, you say that you would have liked to’ you thought about the possibility of having a vaginal delivery. Is there any way that you would have tried for a trial of labour?

‘Well, if I hadn’t had the lichen sclerosus, definitely. I mean, I guess, theres a small part of me, even though I’m ninety-nine percent sure, theres a small part of me that if I went into labour now and if things were going great’ I would be sort of partly tempted to carry on. ‘But it’s a very small part [slight laughs]. Theres, theres a little bit of pressure that I sort of feel in some ways I should be going for a normal delivery. And that, a lot of people who maybe don’t know the reason will perceive that I’m’ I don’t know, just being lazy or don’t want to go through the pain or whatever. ‘so that does slightly annoy me. And in many ways, it would be great to have a normal delivery, because hopefully my recovery would be faster and I wouldn’t have to, you know, wait for several weeks to drive but’so still, I’m pretty sure that a section is probably the right thing to do.

I mean, you say you feel this pressure from outside, but do you really see it as an easy option yourself?

Well I don’t, I don’t actually. No, really I mean, I did go so well the last time, but it’s just with the boys’ it’s completely different this time. So, I don’t want to not be able to drive for four weeks or whatever. I think it was about three or four weeks the last time. Because they’re not going to want to be stuck in the house. Well, thankfully people will be coming over, so it won’t be an issue, but’ And I don’t really particularly want to have another spinal or have another catheter in, but’ So no, I don’t think it’s an easy option, but maybeI don’t know.