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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.

• Induced a Week Early, Learned My Lesson
  The Attempts Our first child Clay was due date June 11, 2004. As this was my first pregnancy, I was naturally excited when the doctor told me at my 36-week checkup that I was already dilated to 3 centimeters!
• Our Sweet Josie
  I'll never forget the day I saw two pink lines on the pregnancy stick. I don't think I have ever been so scared, excited and overwhelmed all in one second.
• Not as Bad as I Thought
  My birth had quite a few unnatural things happen, but the payoff was that it really didn't hurt much! I was a week past my due date when I was induced.
• First Baby: New Year's Eve
  I woke up suddenly at around 3:45 a.m.
• Induction After a Long Wait
  My husband and I were married on December 6, 2004. The next day, his National Guard Unit contacted him at the bed and breakfast where we were staying and informed him he was deploying.
• Healthy Baby Girl, Induced Labor
  On October 7, 2005, I was scheduled to have my labor induced because I was carrying too much water around the baby. I was due September 27, so I was 10 days overdue.
• Amazing Little Miracle
  I just finished my second year of college, not yet a degree, and I met my husband. I never went back to school.
• A Big Boy Within Five Minutes
  I was three weeks early of having my baby. During the few months before I was having problems with protein being in my tests.
• Orion, My Star
  So they finally decided to induce me at 13 days late. I went into the birthing center at 10 a.
• Large Healthy Baby Boy: Induced
  I worked (standing up production job with sometimes very late hours), so needless to say I didn't gain much weight during my pregnancy.
• My Heaven-sent Houston
  On November 11, 2004, I was admitted to the hospital for an induction. I was not yet 37 weeks along, but my blood pressure was getting to a dangerous high and putting the baby in danger.
• Finally Induced!
  My husband and I were planning this baby, and I found out I was pregnant before I even missed my period with one of the "4 days sooner" home tests. I was so excited and I knew it was going to go by slowly.
• My First Baby – It's a Girl
  I was blessed with a pretty easy pregnancy. At 38 weeks my doctor advised me that my daughter was going to be well over 10 pounds if I went full or past term, and that an induction would be best.
• Quick First Time
  I was due with my first child on July 13, 2005. Two weeks before my due date I was at a +2 station, 80 percent effaced and dilated to 3 centimeters.
• My First Labor
  After the initial shock and excitement of finding out I was pregnant, the reality that I would give birth to a baby in the near future sank in. So many emotions ran through my head.