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An illustration shows a pregnant woman sitting cross-legged while a woman with halo leans down to touch her belly

"I felt like the birth was robbed from me."

"She flicked inside me and she said: 'Do you feel that?' I said yes. She said: 'That's your baby's head.'"

A sign with WEST ENTRY EMERGENCY and white cross on red background marks the entrance to a hospital

"I just kept saying to myself, what have I done?"

A woman with dreadlocks, wearing dangly earrings and a leather necklace, stands in a forest

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An illustration shows a man and woman seated on the ground, with their arms around one another

"And he wasn't breathing."

An illustration shows two adult hands cradling a baby's hand with a flower in the palm

"All indications are that I could have had my son if I had the right support in place at the time."

A woman wearing black turtle neck and colourful lanyard stands at a microphone and lectern on stage

"But from where we're sitting, it looks like it's rapidly increasing, and we think that that's a significant problem."

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A woman kisses a newborn baby on the side of its head

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