Measure Twice, Cut Once.

A less than routine birth from a partner’s perspective.

Jason Deane
Nov 3 · 13 min read

The birth of our first child was never going to be routine for us.

My partner, Clare, had had major surgery some ten years previously for a serious Crohn’s attack — a rather nasty, incurable and, in my opinion, completely pointless infection of the intestine and bowels — and been told that child bearing…

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Jason Deane

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I blog on things I am passionate about: Bitcoin, writing, money, life’s crazy turns and being a dad. Lover of learning, family and cheese. (jasondeane@msn.com)

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