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Your baby's labor and delivery is like no other in the world.
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- Healthy Baby, Life-saving Surgery for Mom
I had a beautiful 9 months of pregnancy. I was well nourished, took vitamins daily and every OB checkup was normal. - Fearing Another C-section
Exactly five years and 10 months ago to this very date, I was given the dreadful news that every laboring woman doesn't want to hear: "Mrs. W, we need to do an emergency C-section because... - HELLP
For the most part, my pregnancy was pretty uneventful. I was 28 when I found out I was pregnant. - Epidural Gone Wrong
I had my son on February 10, 2008. I had hard labor for 31 hours and my baby still wouldn't drop. - Normal Pregnancy, Abnormal Aftermath
When my husband and I found out we were expecting it was the best Christmas gift ever. We found out on December 20, 2004, and waited to tell everyone on Christmas. - Placenta Accreta; Making It
I am 19 years old and gave birth to my first child, a beautiful baby girl, 6 weeks ago.
It all started at 2 o' clock in the morning four days after my due date, one day before my induction was to begin. - My Pregnancy and How It All Ended with Me Fighting for My Life
I wish someone would have told me what consequences might happen after having babies. You never hear about the "could happen," but you always hear about the "supposed to happen. - About to Have My Third C-section
I found out I was pregnant with my first child, a boy, in 1999. He was due 03/14/2000. - Baby Born 29 Weeks Due to Eclampsia and HELLP Syndrome
I was 29 weeks pregnant and I thought something was wrong because I was gaining weight really quickly, my feet were swelling and my hands, but all the doctor kept saying was that it was normal.
Then I got this bad chest pain. - Bicornuate Uterus
I am 22 and pregnant with my first child. I was 9 weeks pregnant when I found out I had a bicornuate uterus. - Inverted Uterus
It was 2 a.m. - Please Read and Beware of Symptoms of...
I'm writing my story in as many places to view online as possible just to make people aware to beware of peri-partum cardiomyopathy and don't let doctors, midwives, etc., tell you things are normal when you know for sure it's not normal for you. - Quick Overdue Labor, Uterus Not Contracting
It was my first child, who is now 2 months old. I had an exceptionally great pregnancy minus falling on ice and cracking my tailbone. - HELLP Syndrome
My story is not a typical pregnancy story. I was having a normal pregnancy and at 33 weeks I was suddenly diagnosed with a viral infection. - Fourth Degree Tear
I gave birth to a beautiful girl six months ago! I had a very normal and uneventful pregnancy, but the delivery was a different story.
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