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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.

• First Baby at 33 Weeks
  It was January 20, and at about 10 a.m.
• Homebirth – So Painful and All Alone!
  I was 20 when I found out I was pregnant. The father left me, and my mom and dad didn't want to help.
• Easy Home Water Birth
  Big Day (February 22, 2003): I woke up at 4:15 a.m.
• Baby for Christmas Born at Home
  I was two days overdue and had visited the hospital that morning for a stretch and sweep, which is quite often possible with a second baby, as the cervix doesn't close as tightly after you've had a baby! (See nothing is ever the same again!
• Cavewoman Gives Birth
  I took a pregnancy test at the end of April 2002, when I had menstrual-like cramps but no period, and realized that I'd been cranky for weeks, which is uncharacteristic of me.
• Five Hours of Pushing = Perfect Princess
  It seems like just yesterday that I discovered I was pregnant. I remember everything so perfectly.
• Empowered Mom – Téa's Birth Story
  My name is Brandie, and I am 27 years old. This is my first birth story.
• Ambulance Didn't Make It
  A few days before my due date, I started feeling contractions, but they were not very painful, so I just kept them to myself. Then when my boyfriend had gone to work, guess what happened?
• Unexpected Birthplace
  My story starts on January 12, 1999 when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. I told my husband, Luke, and he was so excited.
• Inspiration
  My birth story was inspired by two stories I read on here. As a first-time mom who is very old fashioned, I wanted something unique for the birth of my child.
• Home Labor Experience with Twins
  When I was 7, my mother passed away while giving birth to my sister. I came from a large family, and my mother always had homebirths.
• My Daughter Jessica's Homebirth
  I was at home and I went to the bathroom to take a bath. While I was in the bath, my water broke.
• Natural Homebirth
  I had a wonderful experience with my homebirth. My midwife had apprenticed with a midwife from the UK (where homebirth is much more widely accepted) and has been practicing in my area for 20 years.
• Surprise -- A Big Girl
  I'm now five months pregnant, waiting for my second child, but I wanted to talk about the birth of my beautiful daughter. I don't know what led me down the road to choose a midwife-assisted homebirth.
• Wonderful Home Water Birth, Beautiful Baby Girl-Part 1
  Finally finished and in its entirety! Here it is (drum roll please): The Completed Home Water Birth of Isabella Charlotte Rose LeBlanc.