it wasn’t happening because I wasn’t ready. I really wasn’t. I had so much I wanted to do. I was halfway through this essay, and I wanted to finish it. And I nearly did, even through the contractions. But then it got too much and my mum got us a taxi to St. Mary’s and four hours later, the baby arrived. What happened in those four hours is not something I ever want to think about or talk about ever again.”
