I had this moment when Elliot was about 8 months old. Sam had gone to work for the day and I was feeling really frustrated and so alone. I just thought “if they say it takes a village to raise a child, then where the hell is mine?”
I distinctly remember the point where I gave in and I subsequently experienced a gamut of interventions which resulted in an epidural, forceps-assisted birth and postpartum haemorrhage.