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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.

• Gestational Diabetes, Induced, Easy First Labor
  I had been ready to start our family for several months, but my husband was not ready yet. One night we were driving home and he said, out of the blue, I'm ready to have a baby!
• Nine Pounds, 1 Ounce, No Epidural
  Just a warning: This will be long. I loved reading all the stories while I was pregnant and especially enjoyed the detailed ones, so here is mine, with lots of detail.
• Lillian's Birth Story
  I found out I was pregnant on October 23, 2003. My husband and I were very surprised seeing as I had faithfully been using the pill for birth control.
• Induced With Pitocin, No Epidural
  I had planned on a birth center birth, so I was really disappointed when my care had to be transferred to a hospital for the birth of my first son due to high blood pressure.
• Two Weeks Late and Five Hours Later
  Before I found out I was pregnant, my partner and I talked about having a baby and decided to wait. It didn't happen that way.
• Food Poisoning and Delivery
  I was 28 years old and expecting my first child. I did everything right during my pregnancy; I only gained 12 pounds.
• Induction Hell
  Before giving birth to my son I read so many stories talking about how bad it is to be induced. Well needless to say, I didn't listen.
• Painful but Beautiful
  I found out I was pregnant at a time when I had nothing. I was 19 years old and just wanted to find myself.
• First Baby Induced at 41 Weeks
  My husband and I first decided we wanted to have a baby in December of 2003. After being three years on the pill I didn't think I would get pregnant so quickly, but by January I was pregnant.
• Haillie Beth's Story – Induction, Intrathecal, Vaccum Extraction, Six-hour Labor
  Haillie Beth Gosselin Weight 8 pounds, 11 ounces 20 inches long I was scheduled to be induced after some false labor a week before.
• Surprisingly Quick
  I was 37 weeks and my blood pressure had risen dramatically, so I was admitted to the hospital and was told that I was going to be induced. Induction was the last thing I wanted, as I had heard that it makes labor more painful.
• Colwyn's Birth
  I became pregnant with my first baby when I was 23 and my husband, Doug, was 25. It was a very uneventful pregnancy, luckily.
• Pre-eclampsia
  I developed pre-eclampsia at 36 weeks and was put on bed rest at home. I had to go to the doctor every week for a stress test on Baby and blood pressure monitoring.
• Momma, he's perfect!
  On my regular weekly doctor's appointment, I was five days overdue. They had scheduled an ultrasound and a non-stress test (routine if you're overdue).
• Induced on Due Date
  Hi my name is Anneca and I am 19 years old and would like to share my story with you. On February 6, 2004, I was on my way home from my boyfriend's house when I was hit on the passenger side by a truck.