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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.

• Brielle's Quick Birth
  Throughout my pregnancy with my third daughter I was hoping, as all pregnant moms do, for a quick and easy labor and delivery. I got what I was hoping for!
• Barley's Water Birth
  Before I went into labor I had a huge craving for a hamburger, so I e-mailed my partner Heya at work. The whole e-mail just had the word "hamburger" repeated over and over again.
• Great Natural Delivery
  I delivered our first daughter in a birth center with a midwife. Unfortunately, the center was closed when we were ready for No.
• Lily's Birth
  I found out that I was pregnant with my fifth baby one month after my youngest, the twins, started kindergarten and it was quite a surprise. I was very nervous that it might be another set of twins.
• Our Second All-natural Birth, at Free-standing Birthing Center
  This is the story of Cody's birth, our second natural birth story we have. This was our second planned pregnancy.
• Alejandra's Baby Brother
  Some of you may remember the story I posted last year titled Alejandra's Home Birth profiling the birth of our daughter. Well we're back again with the story of how our son, Christian, came into the world.
• Amazing Unassisted Hospital Birth
  Saturday, August 25, I started having a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions but they weren't very strong or consistent and then they just stopped. The same thing happened on Sunday night and all day Monday.
• No Epidurals – Two Births
  My decision to not have an epidural began after our birthing class. The video was enough for me and I made the decision on my first delivery to not have anything invasive – not even an IV.
• Third Baby, First Water Birth
  Hi, I'm Charlotte, aged 33 and mum of three, living in Bristol, UK.
• Four Big Healthy Babies – Natural and No Complications
  Inspired by all of your stories and now a business owner in Juvenile Products Manufacturing, I thought I would share my own.
• No. 5 – Fifth Unmedicated, Longest Labor
  On Thursday, October 5, I had been feeling mild contractions off and on all day – and it was noticeable that Baby had dropped dramatically! Around 8 p.
• Third Baby Natural
  I was at home resting after feeling like my head was on fire. I was only 8 months pregnant, and my due date wasn't until the middle of March.
• Hospitals Need to Be Close
  I went to my 39-week appointment and found I was still dilated only to 1 centimeter and at a -1 station as I had been at the 38-week appointment. I was disappointed when the doctor said she would arrange for an induction at my next appointment.
• Big Baby, All Natural
  This is the story of Silas' birth, an amazing experience! My due date was February 24, but I was hoping to deliver sooner because I had gained almost 50 pounds and this baby seemed to be pretty big!
• Fast Birth, Castor Oil
  I decided to write about my fourth child. Usually with each prior birth, I went over my due date by a few days to a week.