Trying to Remain Calm

Discovering you’re going to deliver a child, when you’re essentially still one yourself, must be one of the hardest things for a young woman to face. As such, Crotts needed to try some extreme techniques to keep her mind under control. “I would dunk my head completely under the water and tell myself, ‘I’m fine. I can do this. It’s okay. I’ll be okay.’ By the time my head would reach the surface, I’d be sobbing again,” she remembered.

However, as much as Crotts tried to reassure herself, everything would be okay, the real-world way always found a way to bring her down again. “I’d try and stop myself, slide my body deep into the water and again say, ‘I can do this. I’m okay. I’ll be okay.’ Every time I resurfaced, my emotions would breakthrough.”