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Quick & Easy Delivery, No Pushing
By Melissa Watts
I woke up that morning with pains and was able to go back to sleep until
later. A friend and I decided we should go to the mall and walk around, so
we did and stayed there until contractions were four minutes apart.
- First Baby
- First Baby After a Loss
- Second or More
- Homebirth
- My Little Firecracker
I had always planned to have a home birth. I had diligently scheduled every prenatal appointment, been to an ultrasound and attended a birthing class with my husband.
- Surprise Natural Birth at Home
I was 18 and in November 2006 and had been dating my fiance Jeremy for three years. We had been engaged for 6 months when I felt very different for a few weeks.
- Wonderful, Painful Home Birth
When I found out I was pregnant I knew immediately that I wanted a home birth. I did research, watched videos and read other women's stories.
- Home Birth in the Pool
My name is Amanda. I was 18 years old when I got pregnant with my son.
- Homebirth of Twins: Outside, Lake, Wilderness, Unassisted
My name is Annikah; I am 35 years old, and this is the story of my pregnancy with Ireland Grace and Royal Art.
It was November 14, 12:45 p.
- Natural Births
- Natural Birth Coached by Husband
My husband was fabulous during this process. If I didn't have him, I would not have gotten through the back labor and delivery.
- Long, Painful, but Wonderful Birth
I was 20 when I found out I was pregnant. I had already decided I wanted to do natural childbirth.
- Thrilling Natural Birth
My husband and I got married June 2007 and at first thought we should wait a little while to try to have a baby, but we both wanted one so after a few months we were too excited to wait and conceived in the beginning of December 2007.
- Japan to America Right on Time
My husband and I had been married for five years and were teaching in Japan when we decided it was time to start a family. Within six weeks we were expecting.
- Beatrice (All Natural Homebirth)
I had been pregnant for nine months exactly and had four false alerts. One night, my husband and I were in bed and at 4 a.
- Extremely Fast
- Hunter Was Ready to Meet the World
On May 9 my mother, ex-husband and I went to my last appointment before my due date, May 10. My doctor did an exam.
- 10-minute Home Birth
I was about eight days away from my due date. I had a sudden urge to empty my constantly full bladder at around 3:25 a.
- Four-hour Labor
I was expecting my first, so I didn't really know what to expect, but I had full intentions of getting an epidural.
I had taken my maternity leave two weeks before my due date just to play it safe.
- First and in an Hour
I was only 18 when I gave birth to our first son – my boyfriend and I (now husband of eight years) are high school sweethearts and ended up having a baby a little early in our lives, but we were really fortunate to have each other and to have wonderful parents and friends to help us along the way.
- First-time Mom
I was only 38 weeks (exactly to the day actually) but I was getting very impatient! I remember wishing my brother a happy birthday and telling him that I didn't think Addison was ever going to come, let alone on his birthday ...
- Induced Labor
- Our Little Hunny Bee
I was approximately 28 weeks pregnant when I ended up in the hospital due to complications. I was having a lot of pain, which was resulting in nausea and vomiting.
- Ruptured Membranes at 35 Weeks
I was going for my checkup at my OB/GYN in a town over an hour away from where I lived. I was 5 weeks from my due date.
- My Little Bean
I had a difficult time coming to terms with my pregnancy. I didn't know how I was going to tell my boyfriend (now my husband) and was absolutely terrified of the prospect of telling my parents.
- First baby: Induction, Long Labor
Jeyda Raye Miller, April 14, 2008, 5 pounds, 8 ounces
Throughout my pregnancy my OB had insisted that I had high blood pressure, and near the end of my pregnancy she was convinced it was preeclampsia.
- Jacob Steven – Pitocin, Epidural
After a year of fertility treatments we finally discovered we were pregnant. The pregnancy was pretty uneventful, except by 39 weeks I was out of room to breathe and ready to have this baby!
- Multiples
- Twin Miracles
When I was 24 I was going in for my regular stomach ultrasounds (because of a disorder) and my doctor turned to me and said, "Congrats, you have twins!" And all I did was cry.
- Born at 25 Weeks, 3 Days
I was only 17 when I conceived. I found out a week after my 18th birthday.
- My 26-week Twins
I knew that I was going to have twins at 6 weeks of pregnancy when I had to go to the hospital for vaginal bleeding. From that moment on I prayed every day for them.
- Not the Way to Have Twins
When I was 20, I was in college having a heck of a time. My main activity was studying.
- Twin Boys
I had twin boys at 24 weeks August 28, 2008. Nothing was wrong; I went into early labor.
- Scheduled C-section
- Planed C-section July 2, 2008
Hi I'm Camillia and this is my birth story. I am an 18-year-old single mother to a beautiful little girl.
- Thank God It Was a C-section
I knew before I was ever pregnant that I would never be able to deliver a child naturally due to having a heart condition since birth. The stress and strain of carrying a child would be too much, let alone labor.
- My Little Daughter
I found out I was pregnant on the 31st of October. My boyfriend was actually the one to read the pregnancy test as I was too afraid.
- Beautiful Baby Girl, C-section
My special day started on 1/11/07 at 4:30 a.m.
- Sarah's Birthday
I found out very early on that I was going to have to have a Cesarean section. I was pretty bummed out at first but then eventually got used to the idea.
- Complicated Pregnancy
- Baby Luca
I was in the military when I found out I was pregnant with my first baby. I was, of course, very excited, and I did not expect to have any problems.
- No Amniotic Fluid After 12 Weeks – I Survived
I was 22 years old when I found out that I was pregnant. I was also already 7 weeks along and miscarrying a twin.
- My Fight with Prematurity and My Win
Four years ago, around this time (Thanksgiving), I started noticing that the baby (Grant) was bunching up in a hard ball on one side of my stomach. It didn't hurt but I definitely felt it.
- Preeclampsia
During my pregnancy I had a lot of obstacles I had to face. First, I had Bell's palsy.
- Induction at 37 Weeks Due to IUGR
I was very excited when I found out I was pregnant.
- Young Mothers
- 10-Minute Delivery
My name is Tiara Edwards and I am a teenage mother. All through my pregnancy I heard a lot of horrible stories from adults.
- My Precious Baby
When I first found out that I was pregnant, I was 19 years of age. My mom knew right off of the bat that I was pregnant, but I didn't believe her.
- Cassidy Valerie Rita
I was only 18 when I found out I was pregnant. I was living with my fiance (he had proposed to me a few days before I found out I was pregnant) when I started feeling sick all the time (especially at work because I worked at McDonald's on grill).
- Say It Ain't So
Before I got pregnant I had a scholarship to a college to play basketball. When I got to school and got settled in a couple of months later I found out I was pregnant.
- The Time of My Life
I got pregnant a month before my birthday. I did not think anything was going on until January came about, the start of my second semester of my senior year in high school.
- Premature Babies
- William Born at 28 Weeks
I found out I was pregnant when I was 9 weeks along. My due date was supposed to be June 10, 2009.
- My Beat of Hope
When I delivered at 23 weeks three doctors said Isaiah would not survive before 24 weeks. Yet another doctor came and said my baby's heart was not beating outside of my body.
- My Christmas Miracle (25-26 Weeker)
Christmas was on a Monday in 2006. I was pregnant with my first child and ecstatic.
- 31-week Preemie
My husband and I had been married for two and a half years, together for seven when we decided to have a baby. It took us a little over a year to get pregnant.
- 26 Weeker
My daughter was born September 8, 2006. She was born at 26 weeks.
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