My birth story

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I was born on 10 July 1969, just days before the moon landing. My Mum couldn't watch it on TV because she was still in hospital recovering after having me! I was born awkward - literally! I was a breach! I was supposed to have been born at the Vic in Lichfield, (it's no longer there now) but they didn't have the facilities to deal with a breach so my Mum was taken to Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield. But they couldn't turn me round so I came out bum first! I had clicky hips because of this and had to wear plastic pants for about the first six months. Also, when I was born, I had a mass of black hair on my head, but I had to have it shaved off because I had to go in an incubator. (Ofcause I didn't know all this at the time, my Mum told me about it later!).