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Unplanned C-section
- From Bad to Good
- Emergency C-section
- C-section Saves Lives
- Duskin's Birth
- Homebirth Ending in Transfer
- Macee
- Emergency C-section Three Days Late
- Long Labor, Emergency C-section
- Great C-section for Face Presentation
- C-section Not Wanted
- Surprisingly Large Baby Girl
- 11 Days Late, Induced Three Times, Scary Delivery
- 30 Hours of Labor with C-section
- Wonderful C-section, Big Baby
- 27 Hours of Labor and Emergency C-section
- Ana
- Be Prepared for a Cesarean
- Repeat C-section, Big Boy
- Blizzard Baby
- Emergency Cesarean
- Fourteen Hours of Labor, Emergency C-section
- First Baby: Long Labor, C-section
- My First Child Through C-section
- Baby Cadence
- Emergency C-section
- 31 Hours and Finally a C-section
- Emergency C-section
- C-section After 29 Hours
- Emergency C-section
- Never Imagined I'd Have a C-section
- C-section Then Natural VBAC
- Induction, Unplanned C-section of Gorgeous Baby Girl
- Not as I Planned, But Happy Ending X
- Pre-eclampsia, Gestational Diabetes, Group-B Strep and One Healthy Baby
- Somewhat Big First Baby Requires Cesarean
- Long Labor
- 28-hour Labor, Induced, Epidural, C-section
- Overweight Pregnancy, Emergency C-section
- First-time Mom at 35
- Hospital Birth, C-section
- Thirteen-hour Labor, Induced and Emergency C-section
- Nobody Believed Me
- Home Birth Becomes an Unplanned C-section
- C-section Emergency
- Thirty Hours of Labor, Then C-section
- Traumatic Emergency C-section
- C-section to Save My Baby
- Twelve Hours of Labor, Pitocin, Epidural
- Rough Time But Well Worth It
- Labor or C-section
- Long Labor
- C-section Variety Platter
- My Little Man (Bryan)
- First Baby, C-section
- Surprise C-section
- C-section 20 Hours After My Water Broke
- Thirty-nine-and-a-half-hour Labor, Then C-section
- The Day Caleb Was Born
- Fetal Distress – Emergency C-section
- Unplanned C-section
- C-section With Numerous Problems
- Jaylee's Story
- Pre-eclampsia, Fetal Distress = Emergency Cesarean
- Emergency Cesarean Due to Fetal Distress
- My Beautiful Braden
- Induction Ending in C-section
- Birth of Awa (Hard Labor, C-section)
- Problem With Labor
- My Miracle
- A Time I Will Never Forget
- One Week Late, Induction, Emergency C-section
- Natural Birth Fanatics: Keep an Open Mind – Things Can Go Wrong
- C-section, Born November 19, 2004
- Emergency C-section
- Thirty-five Hours – Unexpected C-section
- Angel Baby, 22-year-old Mother (Emergency C-section)
- Emergency
- Itai's Birth, Unexpected C-section
- Oh Boy, What an Experience
- First Pregnancy, Pre-eclampsia, Induced, 13-hour Labor, Unplanned C-section
- One Week Over and an Emergency Cesarean Section
- Marissa, First Birth (and Last)
- Twenty-nine Hours in Labor, Then Unexpected C-section
- Unplanned C-section
- Gift From Heaven
- Unexpected Blessing
- Emergency C-section With First Baby
- Unexpected C-section
- Pre-eclampsia and Breech C-Section
- C-section After Four Hours of Pushing
- Most Wonderful Birth Experience/First Baby
- My First Baby Girl
- Spencer Aaron's Birth (Unplanned C-section)
- First Baby, Induced, Unplanned C-section
- Placental Abruption at the Hospital, C-section
- Unplanned C-section at 36 Weeks
- Madison's Trip
- C-Section After 14 Hours of Labor and a Month Early
- Horrible Labor, Beautiful Baby
- C-Section With First Baby
- Ian Patrick's Arrival
- My Early Christmas Present
- Baby Boy at 35 Weeks, C-Section
- Hard Labor and Emergency C-Section
- My 36-Hour Birth Story
- Almost Perfect Pregnancy/Labor
- Emergency Cesarean
- C-Section After Trying Hard
- Bradley/Unmedicated Transfer to Hospital for C-Section
- Our First Baby
- Birth of My Little Prince Charming
- Eighteen Hours, C-Section
- Stuck in the Birth Canal
- Easy Pregnancy – Unexpected Delivery
- Perfect Pregnancy Until the Emergency C-section
- Unplanned C-Section, Cord Around Neck Four Times
- C-section Horror Story, Beautiful Baby Girl
- C-section – at Last
- Not So Nice C-section
- Baby Girl's Birthday
- She Didn't Want to Come Out
- I Wish I'd Had a Homebirth
- Jordan Tyler's Birth
- My Perfect Baby Boy
- C-section Due to Short Cord
- Our First Baby – A BOY!
- First Baby: What an Ordeal
- He REAAAALLY Didn't Want to Come Yet!
- Grateful for My C-section
- 18 Hours of Labor Followed by C-section
- Long Labor, Unplanned C-section
- Lots of Pregnancies in the Family
- The Birth of an Angel Named Gabrielle
- My Little Piglet
- C-section Baby
- Pre-eclampsia, Emergency C-section
- Prolapsed Cord
- Caleb's Birth
- Boys Are Wonderful
- The Baby Didn't Move
- My Son Dalton
- My Little Princess
- Unplanned C-section
- First Baby, Induction and C-section
- Big Baby For Me
- C-Section after 27 Hours of Labor
- The Second Greatest Day
- Unexpected C-section and Epidural: Don't Eat Five Hours Later!
- Thank God for Little Girls
- Unplanned C-section
- Heart-wrenching Childbirth
- Thirty-six Hours to 4 Centimeters and C-Section
- C-section or Not
- No Dilation after 20 Hours of Contractions
- Help Me God
- C -Section Blues
- I Have Now Seen Both Sides of Birthing
- Baby Came the Day of Induction
- Emergency Cesarean Section
- That wasn't Supposed to Happen
- A Cascade of Interventions
- Pre-Eclampsia, Two Cesareans
- Sixteen Hours for an Angel
- Unexpected C-Section
- First Baby and Large
- Sixteen Hours, Three Epidurals and a C-Section
- My Big\Little Boy
- Induced, Emergency C-Section
- C-Section
- One C-Section, Hoping For a VBAC
- First Baby, C-Section
- C-Section After 18 Hours of Labor
- Avoidable C-Section?
- Labor Isn't So Bad, Oh My God -- Yes It Is!
- Hannah's Adventure
- Baby Too Big For Pelvis
- Labor of Love
- Eight Days Late and Induced, C-Section
- First Baby, C-Section
- Overdue, Unplanned C-Section
- Twenty Hours of Labor, C-Section
- I Thought That She Would Come on February 27
- Jason's Early Entry Into the World
- Sleeping Through Labor
- 11 Pounds, 5 Ounces = C-Section
- Bradley Birth Not Quite As Planned!
- Cesarean Section After Attempted VBAC
- Ready To Be a Mommy!
- The Natural Birth That Wasn't
- C-Section After Two VBACs After C-Section
- Our Pregnancy Journey Together
- Induced, 30 Hours, 3 Centimeters
- 52-Hour Labor Ending in Emergency C-section
- Sweet and Sour Birth
- C-section after Labor
- Planning a Second C-section
- First Child, Long Labor
- Unexpected C-Section
- Everything I Didn't Expect Happened
- Welcoming Jaida Isabel into Our Lives
- First Child, 18, Unplanned C-section
- Pre-eclampsia Leads to C-section
- Ryland: My Beautiful Baby; C-section
- Short and Sweet
- Six-Day Journey
- Clueless Doctors!!!!
- Emergency C-section for Breech Baby
- First Pregnancy and C-section
- Induced, Epidural, C-section
- Julia's Story: Too Many Interventions, Happy Ending
- No Labor, but Oh So Lucky
- 30 Hours Then a C-section!
- First Child, 36 Hours of Labor, Emergency C-section
- First Child, High Risk Pregnancy
- Pre-eclampsia
- Bigger Than We Expected
- Long Labor Leads to Beautiful Baby Boy
- Unplanned C-Section on Christmas Day!
- Dakota's Birth: A Month Early
- Induced Labor, 35 Hours of Labor, Unplanned C-section
- Induced, Fetal Distress, C-section, Under General Anesthesia
- Two Days in January
- Unexpected Big Boy!
- 10 Days Over, 10 Pounds Later
- Two Hours of Pushing, Followed by C-section
- Emergency C-section, Fetal Distress
- The Worst and Best Day of My Life!!
- Two C-sections
- Unplanned C-section, Beautiful Baby Boy
- Alex's Story: Pelvis Too Small
- First Child: C-section
- The Boy Who Came with the Moon
- 17 Hours of Labor Then C-section
- 43 and a Half Hours of Hard Labor and Still No Happiness
- Birth of My Son Brandt: Unplanned C-section
- Dayna's Long Arrival
- First Time Mom, Scary Delivery
- Induced, Unexpected C-section, Mother at 19
- Unexpected C-section After 36 Hours of Labor
- HELLP Syndrome
- Breech Baby Born 36 Weeks by Cesarean
- C-section After 28 Hours of Labor
- 10-pound 7-ounce Girl; Unplanned C-section
- First Child: 16 Hours and Ended Up with C-section
- Unexpected C-section
- A Week Late, but What an Amazing Experience!
- My Birth Experience: Baby High Up, Cesarean
- 19 Hours of Labor, Baby's Heart Rate Went Down -- Emergency Cesarean
- Kyle's Birth Story: Overdue Baby, Cesarean
- Cesarean, Breech, Four Weeks Early
- My First Angel; Surprise on a Dare; Induced, Cesarean
- C-Section -- No Time For Pain Medication
- Augmentation and Emergency C-section
- Emergency C-section; NICU
- False Labors, C-section
- Induction; C-section; Strep B Pneumonia
- Induction; Epidural; C-section
- Long Induced Labor Ending in Cesarean
- Big Baby -- 10 Pounds and 13 Ounces!
- Big Baby by C-section
- Surprise Complications -- Surprise C-section
- Teen Mom -- Face Presentation
- An Unexpected C-section
- Induced Labor -- Emergency C-section
- Not So Natural Birth
- Teen Mother, Two Weeks Late, C-section
- Two C-sections -- One Emergency and One Planned
- Full-term Baby Weighing Only 3 Pounds and 11 Ounces
- Long Labor, Large Baby After Four Miscarriages
- Perfect Pregnancy, C-sec at 37 Weeks, Baby Had Heart Problem
- Concern About Baby's Size, Induction, C-section
- Different Than Expected: Fast Labor, Prolapsed Cord, C-section
- Failed Induction Results in C-section
- Induced, Long Labor, Epidural, C-section
- Induced, Failure to Progress, C-Section
- A Teen Mother's Experience, Failure to Progress, C-Section
- First Baby Wouldn't Budge, C-Section
- Induction, Epidural, C-Section, Baby has Rough Start
- Doctors Thought I Wasn't in Labor -- Emergency C-section, Footling Breech
- 30 Hour Labor, Emergency C-section, Staff Infection in Incision
- Great Pregnancy, HUGE Mom and Baby!! C-section
- A Loooooong Day, Pitocin, Unplanned C-section
- Our Miracle Baby, Baby's Oxygen Supply Cut Off, Emergency C-Section
- Toxemia, Induction, C-section
- Prolapsed Cord, Emergency C-section
- Unexpected Birth, C-Section, Healthy Baby
- My Pregnancy Scare, Our Miracle Patrick, Cord Detached from Placenta
- Scotty's Big Day (Induction, 3 Epidurals, C-section)
- 1st Pregnancy, 3 Weeks Early, C-section
- 22 Hours, Epidural, C-Section
- 30 Hours of Labor, Small Pelvis, had C-section
- Abruption Emergency C-section
- Baby's Wavering Heartbeat Leads To A C-section
- Back Labor, C-section, Baby Wasn't Breathing
- Breech Baby Wouldn't Turn, Unplanned C-Section
- C-Section Two Weeks Past Due Date
- C-section, Finally!
- Complicated Cregnancy, C-section, Distress, Meconium, Baby In NICU
- Diabetic, Baby Too Big
- Difficult 31 Hour Labor, Eventual C-section
- Dylan: Born On His Due Date By Unplanned C-Section!
- Emergency C-section, Cord Keeping Baby From Delivering Vaginally
- Failed Induction, Baby Finally Crowns But Gets Stuck, C-section
- First Baby - 10 lb Girl, C-section
- First Baby Unexpected C-section
- First Baby, Premature Labor, C-section
- First Baby, Unplanned C-Section, 9 Hour Labor
- Great Pregnancy Then C-section... Aaugh
- Great Pregnancy, Long Labor, Emergency C-section
- Induced Early, Emergency C-section, Bad Doctor
- Induced, Attempted VBAC, C-section
- Induced, Pushed 4 Hours, C-section
- Induction Ends Up In Cesarean, Mom 18 And Scared
- Induction, Fetal Distress, C-section
- Italian C-section
- Long Labor, Low Platelet Count, Mom In Danger, C-section
- Malpresentation, Delivered by C-section
- Miracle Birth, History Of Miscarriage, Mom Has Major Complications
- My Doctor Said My C-section Was None of My Business
- Plenty Of Drugs And A C-section
- Pre-Eclampsia, Failed Inductions, Emergency C-section
- Rashes, PIH, Induced Early, Eventual C-section
- Scary But Wonderful, Face Presentation, C-section
- Scary Experience, Felt The C-Section
- Stopped Breathing During C-section
- Surprise Ending to Great Pregnancy
- Three Tries At Induced Labor
- Two Weeks Overdue, Induction, C-section
- Unplanned C-section
- Water Breaks While Shopping!
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