Near the water, in the water: Halifax mom pushes for IWK water
By A Mystery Man Writer
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Leslie Obol believed she could safely push out her fourth baby in a water birth at the IWK hospital in Halifax. Her birth plan was approved, and with support from a midwife, a doula, a nurse and her husband, she delivered Alioune - in water.
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