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![](pics/631.jpg) labor started at midnight so we came downstairs to fill the birthing tub part way | ![](pics/627.jpg) Adele (midwife) checking the oxygen in case it is needed | ![](pics/629.jpg)
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![](pics/628.jpg) Axa thought she might have a baby too, so of course, she needed a birthing tub as well | ![](pics/626.jpg)
| ![](pics/634.jpg) Raj waits peacefully under water for a brief minute before the following surge eases the rest of him out | ![](pics/625.jpg)
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| ![](pics/621.jpg) Eiris (midwife) helps Axa hold baby brother for the first time | ![](pics/622.jpg) Axa fertilizing the lawn with the birthing water |
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| ![](pics/619.jpg) Grandma Betty arrived by plane within 8 hours of hearing news of the birth | ![](pics/633.jpg) frog man |