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- Eighteen Years Old With a C-section and Hysterectomy
At 18 years old I was expecting a baby girl. My due date was June 19, 2004. - Uterine Rupture One Month After First C-Section
I had a normal pregnancy. It was my very first baby and everything was going quite well. - Pre-eclampsia Birth at 35 Weeks
My pregnancy was a breeze, tiny bit of morning sickness that promptly ended at 14 weeks, then boundless energy and the promised healthy glow! - Losing My Uterus
I'll try to make this short but detailed enough so you understand what happened.
My first pregnancy was awful. - Caden Born Three Weeks Early, Toxemia, Born With Cataracts
I got pregnant with Caden about the time all of my other friends and my sister got pregnant. - Congestive Heart Failure Post Partum
At 37 I became pregnant and had a pretty normal pregnancy except for high blood pressure at the end. I had been on medication for blood pressure before my pregnancy but was taken off of them until the last month of my pregnancy. - Post Pregnancy Infection
In February of 2001 my husband and I decided to have a baby. I was taking Depo Prevera, and my OB/GYN said that it would take up to a year for the Depo Prevera to filter out of my system. - Dayton's Story
Hi, my name is Rebecca. It all began on March 1. - Miracle Baby
After trying for three months we found out we were having our second child. In my fourth week I woke in the middle of the night to a horrible pain that felt like my ovaries were being crushed. - Hollie Isabela Micro Preemie
When I was 18 years old, I got pregnant. Yeah, I know, I was young and stupid. - Placenta Abruption
I had my son on August 4, 2001. On his original due date. - A Beautiful Baby Girl!
My daughter is what you would call a blessing! My husband and I had been trying to get pregnant for two years with no luck. - Abruption Emergency C-Section
I thought my water broke at about 12:45 on February 12, 1999. It actually wasn't water. - Good Labor, Until the End
Although I was in labor for 13 hours, I knew that with every contraction I was closer to meeting my first child. And with plenty of medication I made it through. - Placental Abruption, 12 Years Later
Unlike most with placental abruption, this was my first baby. I had been going to the doctor, taking every step possible to not cause any harm to my son.
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