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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.

• C-section After 51 Hours of Trying Vaginally
  All throughout my pregnancy I was told I had a big baby. One day, Friday the 24th, I was not feeling well.
• Birth of Terry
  Getting pregnant was a shock and a surprise to us both since we weren't trying to conceive. My whole pregnancy went very well.
• Thirty-two-hour Labor, No Epidural
  On March 11, 2002, I instant-messengered my sister and told her that I felt a bit crampy but not to worry about it. After all, my due date was still 12 days away.
• Wonderful Pregnancy and Labor, End Result? A Precious Baby
  Someone once told me that labor pains awaken mother love.'Tis what God intended.
• My First
  My story starts after three years of no birth control, but no medical intervention. After three years, I was thinking about going to the doctor to make sure I was OK.
• Eighteen-hour Labor, One Week Late
  The doctors continuously told me there was no way I would make it until my due date. They expected me to go about three weeks early.
• Horribly Painful Labor Ending in C-section
  My labor began at 6 p.m.
• Long, but Easy
  I was 26 years old, and my husband and I had been trying to have a child of our own for nearly three years. My cousin was living with us when I told her that something was wrong.
• Single Mom, Difficult Birth
  My daughter was born September 27, 1996. I became pregnant when I was 19 years old, and my boyfriend and I were already on the verge of breaking up.
• Planned Homebirth, Transfer Due to Posterior, Very Long Labor
  I planned a homebirth for our first child. I'd heard MANY bad things about what they do to you in hospitals and in particular, a friend had had her baby at the local maternity ward, and after hearing her story, I was dead against going there!
• Slow Labor
  My blood pressure was up very high so my doctor decided to induce me. I had been hearing about how labor was gonna be so horrible, so I was terrified to be induced.
• A Stubborn Baby
  It was April 24, 2001. I was only five days overdue, but it was the day for my normal appointment.
• Twenty-six Hours
  It's a girl! Kaelynne Alexis 7 pounds, 7 ounces and 20 inches 3:24 a.
• Water Broke at 36 Weeks
  I woke up at 8 a.m.
• Induction, Long Labor, Unplanned C-Section
  When we found out that we were having a baby, it was established that by my doctor's dates I was due on April 7, 2001. However, by my ultrasound, I was due on April 1.