Think you've nailed it.I honestly think this is the crux of the birth. My opinion is that she has been desperate to be a mother and have something of her own (I do think she treats Larose as a possession) and for that to be the thing that she was successful at (as she’s failed at everything else) or at least seen to be successful at and praised for.
This carried through into wanting to be seen as having the perfect pregnancy, and in turn the perfect labour and birth - at home, no drugs, natural water birth, no intervention - and everyone would applaud her for being such a naturally gifted mother.
She got her wish for her first labour, she wanted that for her next one and was doubling down on the idea that it would all go smoothly because she’d done it before. She didn’t want to go to hospital, so she stayed at home even when many others may have got concerned about the length of time it was taking and whether more advanced monitoring needed to be done to ensure baby was ok and things progressing as they should.
I think the reason she keeps repeating things about it all being perfect is that she is trying to convince herself that it was just an unhappy accident and she had no part to play. She may not have done, I have no idea what conclusion was reached.
Obviously there was no medical negligence or this would have made the news and she would have sold more stories on the back of it. This makes me lean towards her sticking to her guns re: staying at home despite the midwife suggesting otherwise. Of course, she had the doula involved who would have been empowering her to do what she wanted.
Most people would look to apportion blame, a natural part of loss/grief, many people may blame themselves. She has never done that - quote from OK article in July 2022:
“I don’t blame anyone, I can’t. It is what it is, and obviously it’s awful. I’d do anything to rewind it. I guess I can blame myself, but then again I think it’s happened and I can’t change it. I’m not getting anywhere by blaming myself”.
It’s either amazing presence of mind to reach that position after a few days or a total inability to even consider the possibility of personal fault or responsibility.
I had several miscarriages, but nothing late term like this. Each time I quizzed myself over and over, wondering if I should have done this, or should have done that. Wondering constantly what my babies would have been like. I hated myself for not being able to keep my baby alive long enough to survive. I felt an absolute failure, a terrible wife and partner. All my friends and family had no problems conceiving so why me? What was I doing wrong? I think this is a natural reaction.
It took 7 years to get my son and even he arrived 8 weeks early. I swear I would have stood on my head and watched Towie on repeat 24 hrs a day if it meant I could carry a baby to term, licherally. So I really, reeeeeaaaalllly don't get her response.
It's the characteristics of a narcissist though to never blame themselves. So that says it all.
Just like the media are out to get her for looking so large, or wind machines are making her look bigger than she is, not the piles she shoves in her gob, or failed lack of exercise. Just like harking back to her childhood when her mum 'didn't want her', (but her dad looked after her really well) and the constant 'poor me' over Mark split 12 years ago, she thinks makes her the person she is today and why she feels the need to shave off 5 stones from all her photos. Sadly as Ch'arge's last post says quite clearly, this is being passed onto her child.