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Misc Births
- My Little Miracle
- Changing for the Better
- My Daughter's Birth Story
- Birth in the Hot Tub
- Beautiful Boy
- My Really Big Baby Boy
- My 40th Birthday Present
- After Going to Infertility Specialists
- Are You Sure It's a Boy?
- Natalie's Birth Story
- Birthday, Baby Shower and a Baby
- The Birth of Gus
- First Baby, Easy Delivery
- My Unforgettable Birth
- Our Miracle Baby
- Not as Hard as I Thought It Would Be
- Dad's First Twin
- Healthy Hospital Birth
- My Angel's Birth
- A Beautiful Unexpected Birth
- Joshua Steven's Birth Story
- Kept Pushing but Nothing Happened
- First Baby, Alone and Anxious
- Nice and Easy
- Three and a Tubal
- First Baby, Back Labor and Little Pushing
- Single Mom at 33
- The Best Day of My Life
- Baby No. 1 – Unexpected Pregnancy
- My Precious Moment of Being a Mommy
- First Baby, Fast Baby
- First-time Birth, Great Experience
- My Darling Daughter
- Tyler's Birth Story
- My First Born
- First Born, Midwives Are the Best
- Beautiful Water Birth
- Oh My Gosh – He's Coming Today
- Short and Sweet
- Back Labor, Early First Birth
- An Emetaphobe's Birth Story
- My Babies
- My Beautiful Angel
- Beautiful Birth
- After a Few Scares My Little Star Was Born
- Baby Girl Alliah at 20
- My Baby Girl
- Hailey's Birth
- Little Isaac
- My Girl's Birth
- Jayden's Birth Story
- Thirty-eight Weeks
- Dad's Son His Twin
- Little Boy
- It Was Bad, Very, Very Bad
- Sixteen-year-old Daughter Diagnosed With CCAM
- Young, Quick, Easy Labor
- Hannah's Birth Story
- The Best Laid Plans (An IVF Story)
- Gabrielle's Birth Story
- In Order to Remember
- Adoption: Our Only Hope
- Morphine for the Pain, Natural Birth
- Our Little Miracle
- Merry Christmas Pregnancy (Didn't Know Till Month 6)
- Big Baby Girl
- Unprepared for Postpartum
- Baby's First Christmas
- Baby – Dad at War
- Brianna Surprised Everyone
- Maita's Arrival – Fast Labor
- We've Created an Angel
- Madison's Birth Story
- My Brother's Birthday Present
- A Super Surprise
- Born on Grandma's Birthday
- My Boyfriend or My Baby
- Scary Birth
- Rachel's Quick Birth
- Single Mom at 21
- Little Angel
- Born on Grandma's Birthday
- Easy Delivery
- First Pregnancy, 4th-Degree Tear
- Don't Be Scared
- Cool Little Dude
- Life Changing
- Short Labor
- Dysfunctional Labor, Gorgeous Baby Boy
- A Little Bigger Than Average Baby Girl
- First Child, Epidural and Pitocin
- Mikealah Nickoahl
- My First Birth
- True Knot
- Perfect Mother's Day Gift
- First Baby
- First Pregnancy (13 Hours)
- My Loving Son
- Aria's Arrival
- Not Too Bad
- Nancy's labor is much faster than the typical 12- to 24-hour labor she's expecting, and she feels unprepared.
- Born While Daddy Was Deployed
- Great Labor and Delivery With Forceps
- My Yankee Doodle Baby
- A Story to Be Told
- My Wonderful Experience
- Alissa's Birth: A Good Experience
- It's a Girl!
- My Eldest Girl of Two
- Hard Labor
- Jaden's Birth
- My Beautiful Son, Dawson
- My Birthday Present
- Sixteen Hours of Pure Pain and Love
- Big Baby
- First of Four Beautiful Girls
- Six-Year Gap
- I Tried Not to Push
- Long Labor, Short Delivery
- She's So Beautiful
- Birth of My First Child
- Born on Her Due Date
- Cruddy Pregnancy, Horrid Delivery, Gorgeous Baby
- Pretty Easy Pregnancy, But...
- One-minute Apart Contractions
- A Perfect Baby Story
- My Beautiful Boy
- My Birth Was Great
- Nicole's First
- Beautiful Boy
- Eighteen Hours of Hard Labor, 10 minutes of Pushing
- First Birth
- Easy Labor for My Baby Boy
- Amazing Baby Girl, One Week Early
- I Quit
- Isabel: Our First-born Baby Girl
- First Child
- It's a Boy?
- Baby Girl, Easy Birth
- Giving Thanks
- Natural Birth, High on Morphine
- 19 Years Old with a Healthy Baby Boy
- Experiences with Valerie
- Hard Labor
- I Did Not Know
- My Angel Gabriel
- Riley
- Beautiful Baby Boy, 28-Hour Labor
- To My Baby: Your Birth Story
- From Point A to Point B
- Young and Alone
- Caitlin Rose's Birth
- First-Born Son
- Malacki, First Child, a Boy
- Water Broke While Having Ultrasound
- False Labor?
- Vaginal Delivery, First Child
- How Did He Fit in Me?
- My Quick and Easy Labor
- Healthy Baby Girl in Less Than Four Hours
- It Wasn't So Bad
- My Angel
- Not Bad First Labor Without Drugs
- One Fast Baby
- A Time Never To Be Forgotten
- First Time, No Epidural
- Impatience
- Baby Girl After Six Pushes
- Sweet Samantha's Arrival
- Midwives Made the Difference
- Hard Work
- Our 4-Year-Old Son's Birth Story
- A Death and a Birth
- Hannah's Awesome Arrival
- Luke's Arrival
- My Son's Medicated Birth
- Not What I Was Expecting
- My First Baby
- Labor Day Labor
- First Child, No Real Problems
- The Best Day of My Life
- The Most Uplifting Day of My Life
- From 2 to 9 in Two Hours
- Great Birth, Even If It was a Little Late
- My Dream Came True
- My Love Dyke
- Seventeen-Year-Old Mommy Does Know When It's Time
- Sarrah Emmily
- Beautiful Baby Boy
- Hunter Johnson's Birth Story
- Madoc Greets the World Early
- Is This Labor or What?
- Not Bad At All!
- Alicia Caelinn's Birth
- Sunshine's Here!
- Back Labor
- She Made It Look Too Easy!
- Big Baby Syndrome!
- Julia Aimee's Birth
- My Nine Magic Months!
- Baron: By a Midwife
- My Baby Boy
- A Late Birthday Present
- Pregnant with Number Two
- Hayden's Birth
- God's Grace
- He weighs what?
- Adoption Story -- My Son's Birth
- Netanya: God's Gift
- Even Better Than Expected!
- Our Early Morning Dew Drop
- A Perfect Angel
- Our Long Awaited Angel
- Labor that Lasted a Week
- Big Boy
- A Nice, Easy First Baby Delivery!
- Ashleigh's Birth: Transition Before I Knew It
- Fairly Easy Birth of a 9-Pound Baby
- Picture Perfect Pregnancy!
- Tough Pregnancy, Easy Labor
- True Knot Umbilical Cord
- Two Amazing Little Girls Under Two
- Worried Mom-to-Be -- Perfect Baby
- Like a Dream
- The Birth of My Best Friend's Baby, My Goddaughter
- Diabetes, Pressure, and Baby!
- My Beautiful Bundle of Joy!
- Stubborn Baby
- Surprisingly Quick with Labor in Jacuzzi Tub!
- Bought a House and Had a Baby in One Day!
- My Husband and I Made a Good Lamaze Team
- Ready or Not: Here Comes the Baby!
- She Didn't Want to Come Out into the World!!
- Special Delivery!
- Two Great Birth Experiences
- Wonderful First Delivery
- Practice Makes Perfect!
- Water Broke Three Weeks Early -- First Pregnancy
- A New Addition
- Fast and Easy First Delivery
- A Story of a Love Lost and a Love Found
- Unplanned First Pregnancy
- Doctors Assured Me That I Was NOT in Labor
- Doula Tells of Quick First Birth Experience for Stacy
- Two Miscarriages Then a 10-pound 8-ounce Boy
- Back Pain the Whole Day Ended with Our Very First Baby
- Forceps Delivery After Four Hours of Pushing
- Healthy Baby Girl, Mom Hemorrhaged
- I Planned To Go with an Epidural, but I Moved WAY Too fast!
- Taylor's Birth: Induced Because Low on Amniotic Fluid, or Was She?
- Ready or Not, Here I Come! But the Baby Did Wait for the Father to Make it Home in Time
- Sebastian, Our Miracle Baby!
- Placenta Needs to be Scraped Out; Birth Date with an Extra-Special Meaning
- Frederic's Birth -- Induced Labor
- Induced; Epidural; Great Experience!
- Surprise Pre-eclampsia, Forceps Delivery
- Heart Failure After Delivering Baby
- Long, Hard Labor -- Baby In Posterior Position
- Miracle Pregnancy
- No Vacuum!
- Our Blizzard Baby!
- Teen Mother -- Great Pregnancy and Labor
- Twenty Hours of Labor -- All Worth It!
- Very Easy Pregnancy -- Very Easy Labor!
- Wonderful, Natural Bradley Birth
- A Long Time Coming
- Baby Girl After Three Miscarriages
- Birth in the Car on the Way to the Hospital
- Fast Labor; Intrathecal and Forceps
- First Baby Right On Time
- First Baby; Vaginal and Under 8 Hours
- It Was A Breeze!
- First Baby; Easy Labor
- Great Pregnancy -- Serious Complications for Mother After Birth
- No Drugs, Vaginal Delivery
- Short Labor at Birth Center
- The Alien Baby
- Three Birth Stories -- Two Singletons and Then Twins!
- Birth in the Middle of Nowhere (Graphic)
- Epidural Didn't Take
- First Baby, 13 Days Early
- Gracie Arrives!
- Haley's Birth
- Jude Arrives, First Baby
- Lost On the Way to the Hospital
- My Little Miracle
- Teen Mother; Pre-eclampsia
- Beautiful Baby Girl -- Surprisingly Easy Labor
- Doula-Assisted Induction -- Beautiful Baby Girl
- Failed Epidural, 21 Hours of Labor
- Wonderful Birth, Labored at Home
- Bradley Classes, Pitocin and Epidural
- Complicated Beginnings...Perfect Birth
- High Risk First Born, Early Complications
- Independence Day Baby at 36 Weeks
- Labor and Delivery -- A Breeze Thanks to the Epidural
- Looking Back At First Two Births
- No More Epidurals!
- Precious Baby Boy Born 3 Days Early
- Yes, I'm Really in Labor! Vacuum Extraction, Epidural
- Birth in Belgium
- Epidural Didn't Take, Healthy Preg after Miscarriage
- Great Pregnancy 14 hours of Labor
- An Early Birthday Present! Easy Labor
- First, Nitrous Oxide Mask, Oxygen
- The Hippie Water Birth that Wasn't, Epidural
- Wonderful Natural Birth Experience, Small Baby
- 16 Year Old Mom, Easy Birth
- Fast, Easy Labor -- Baby's Heart Rate Dropped
- Perfectly Pain-Free Birth
- Storybook Delivery -- First Pregnancy
- Delivered at 38 Weeks, No Prelabor Signs
- The Easy Arrival of Ellery, Pitocin, Epidural
- A Family Doctor's Experience in Labor, Forceps Delivery
- Enjoyable Labour and Delivery, Mom Gives Baby up for Adoption
- Natural Delivery/ First Time Mom -- Doctor Didn't Believe I was in Labor
- Medical Intervention and Two Types of Drugs
- Non-working Epidural
- Peter's Birth, Back Labor
- Easy First Labor, Happy Mother
- Induced Labor, Epidural, Mom Woke up to Baby Crowning
- Induction, Epidural, Baby Born New Year's Eve
- Kian's Story: Or How my Epidural Didn't Take
- 12 Hours of Labor
- 43 week pregnancy? NO, 39! Induced, Big Baby
- A Day to Remember, Induction, Epidural
- Labored at Home, 9 Centimeters Dilated At the Hospital
- My Miracle Baby, Incompetent Cervix, Induction
- Fantastic First Birth, Looking Forward to Second
- Kian's Story -- Or the Epidural That Didn't Take
- Our Beautiful Baby Sara, Birthing Center
- One Week Overdue, 18 Year Old Mom
- Induced labor, Epidural
- Jalani's Birth, Meconium, Epidural
- Mom Catches Baby, Epidural
- Easy and Fairly Short First Birth
- My O.J. Simpson Delivery, Induced, Epidural
- 10 Pound Baby Boy, Forceps Delivery
- First Time...and Scary, Natural Birth, Mom Gives Baby up for Adoption
- Pitocin, 19 yr Old Mom, Quick Pushing Stage
- Christopher Jaden's Birth with a Painless Epidural
- Wonderful Pregnancy Surprise, Induced, Forceps
- Epidural Wasn't Much Help, Pushed for 2 Hours
- First Time Mom at 16 years old
- Smoking While Pregnant, Low Birth Weight at Full Term
- A Natural and Enjoyable Experience
- Induction not needed, Went into Labor Naturally
- Katie Lynn's Birth Day, Nurse bites Toe!
- Self-induced, Normal, Vaginal Delivery
- 14 And Pregnant
- 14 Hours Later. My Blessing Arrived!
- 1st Birth - Long Labor - Funny, Short Delivery
- 7 Hour, Trouble Free, Very Low-Tech
- A Long Awaited Delivery
- An Unplanned Epidural and A Wonderful Partner Save the Day
- Bradley Classes - Epidural
- Bradley Method, First Baby
- Changed To Midwife Right Before Labor, Wonderful Experience
- Drama During the Last Month of Pregnancy
- Easy Labor and Delivery, Epidural
- Easy Labor Until They Broke The Water
- Easy labor, epidural, 12 mins pushing, up and around in 2 hours
- Episiotomy, Very Painful But Worth It!
- Even Labor Can't Compete With A Hurricane
- Exhilarating & Empowering
- Fairly Quick First Delivery
- Family Members Provided Much Needed Support
- Fast labor, epidural
- Finally, My Little Angel Girl
- First and Easy, DH Sick
- First Baby - Healthy Pregnancy, Easy Labor
- First Baby Induction
- First Baby, 13 Hours, Vacuum
- First Baby, Induction, 16 Hours
- First Birth, Not What I Expected
- First Delivery Less Daunting Than Expected
- First Time Was A Breeze
- First Time, Epidural Awesome!
- Fourth Degree Tearing With First Child
- Good First Birth, Wonderful Midwife
- Great Labor With Help Of Friends
- Had Baby, Went To Wedding!
- Had To Change Hospitals During Labor
- Happily induced on due date
- Happy Mom, Epidural, Antibiotics
- Hard Labor, Epidural, Healthy Baby
- Hospital Staff Made Labor Experience Wonderful
- Hospital, Home, Hospital, Birth
- Induced First Baby
- Induced, 18 Year Old Mom
- Induced, Doctor Late For Delivery
- Induced, Short But Very Painful
- Induction With Gel and Pitocin Drip, Epidural
- Induction, Epidural, Vacuum
- Induction, Fast Labor, Good Experience
- Initiation into Motherhood
- Kevin's Birth - Born On Due Date
- Long First Stage Of Labor, Fast Delivery
- Long Labor, Quick Delivery, Epidural
- Long Labor, Relaxation, Birth
- Malpresentation, Back Labor, Epidural
- Meconium in Water, Stalled Labor, Healthy Vaby
- Midwife, Two Doulas, Birthing Center
- Military Hospital, Great Midwife!
- Natural Birth, Great Nurse
- Natural Birth, Healthy Baby
- No Meds, No big deal!
- No Pushing Involved
- Nurse Delivered Baby, Labor Too Long!
- Perfect Pregnancy, Exhausting Labor
- Pitocin, This Can't Be The Way It Should Feel!
- Pitocin-Induced, Epidural, No Complications
- Planned Out Everything, Nothing Went To Plan
- Postpartum Chicken Pox
- Pregnancy After Infertility, Induction
- Quick Labor, Long Pushing Stage, Natural
- Rough First Birthing Experience
- Seven Hour Unmedicated First Birth
- Surprised By Mucous Plug
- Teen Mom, Healthy Baby Girl
- That's it!
- Three daughters...Three easy deliveries!
- Unmedicated 1st Birth
- Water Broke, Induced, Epidural - Baby Alexfield
- Water Broke, No Contractions, Pitocin
- Wet Tap Epidural
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