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Philippe reached down to tug on the afterbirth with teh chord, guiding its way out of Reese to mark the final stage of birth. He was relieved as well to find it smoothly passing out. The clear water became milky and lsightly bloody, but they were nearing the end fo the bath anyway.

Philippe pulled up the placenta and wrapped it up in a nearby towel. He checked but in the end he wasn't the expert so he would let the paramedics check agian to ensure its intact. He smiled to himself thinking how this is reminding him a lot of Oliver's birth. "Don't you think history repeated itself? Perhaps we should have planned for a homebirth anyway... we would be more prepared then." He said, conveniently ignoring the fact that Milo wasn't exactly planned right from teh start.