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Your baby's labor and delivery is like no other in the world. Let others know what your experience was like.

• My Daughter's Story
  My daughter was born three weeks early and in a crazy, fast delivery. I lived 40 minutes away from the hospital where we planned to have our first child.
• First Labor, 2.6 Hours, Second Labor?
  It was a hot summer day (baby's due date). I went to the midwives appointment.
• Fast First Birth
  As my due date arrived and still no baby I was beginning to think I would go two weeks over and have to be induced like my mum did with all her babies.
• 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 ...
• My First Baby
  As for every mom experiencing her first pregnancy, you really don't know what to expect. You go by what you are told by your OB/GYN or your girlfriends, most of whom don't want to scare the pants off you so they leave some stuff out.
• Quick but Painful
  It all started when I was sick for the entire month of December. I kept saying I had the flu and it would go away soon.
• Baby Born on the Go
  My due date was on the 29th of September. I had planned to leave work at least three weeks early so that I could rest up for the big event.
• Four-hour Labor and Delivery
  I was two weeks away from my due date and I had a small leakage. The doctor told me it wasn't amniotic fluid, but by the time I had gotten to them nothing more was going on and the little bit of liquid was gone.
• Fast, Forceps, No Drugs
  While eating lunch on a warm Sunday afternoon I went into labor. It was 2:30 p.
• Four Weeks Early – Labored and Delivered One Hour and 32 Minutes
  At my 35-week checkup with my first pregnancy I happened to ask the doctor if he thought the baby's head was in position. He decided to do a quick exam.
• Big Deal Little Boy Andrew
  It was late in August when I found out that I was a mother-to-be I was very happy. When I told my husband David, he was also happy.