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Your baby's labor and delivery is like no other in the world.
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- Birth Center Water Birth
We just had our baby Jackson Bryant Moffett on Thursday the 26th of 2007 at 11:22 p.m. - Birth in Japan
My husband and I moved to Japan when I was five months pregnant with the thought that I would be able to relax and enjoy pregnancy. And we both did. - Beautiful Natural Birth
I had been having Braxton-Hicks contractions for months. They had become more and more intense and I was thinking I would go into labor early. - Lorien's Arrival
My daughter was due February 25, 2007. Around the 12th I started to come down with sinusitis. - Not as Hard as I Thought Patience Was Key
I had always wanted to have a natural delivery, especially for my first child, but all of my friends kept scaring me with their pregnancy horror stories, and how they would never have survived without an epidural. - Natural Birth No Drugs
I was six days overdue and decided to go swimming that morning. Shortly after around 8 a. - First Birth and Natural Too
I went into labor at 7:30 a.m. - Kirsten's Birth
It was a Thursday and I was 36 1/2 weeks pregnant with our first child (we didn't know the gender beforehand). I had been having an ache in my lower back all day, but figured it was the typical pregnancy backache. - The Birth of Seth
At 25, after two years of marriage, my husband and I were really thrilled to learn that we were finally pregnant. I've always wanted to be a young mother. - Natural Birth After C-section Cancelled
After reading many books on natural childbirth, keeping myself in good condition and going to natural childbirth classes, my husband and I found out that at 37 weeks, our baby was breech. I was 90 percent effaced and 3 centimeters dilated. - Jackson's Beautiful, Natural Birth
My due date was September 29, 2004, and I counted down those last few days with eagerness and excitement. Unfortunately, that Tuesday came and went with hardly a Braxton-Hicks to show for it. - A (Slightly Late) Christmas Present
When my husband and I found out we were pregnant, we were so excited, but also scared to death! We were now responsible for this baby growing inside me. - Home Birth to 19-year-old Mum
I was due on October 3, 2005, and I had been in prelabor for a week by then. However, it came and went and got to the point where we were going to have to start talking about an induction. - Well Worth the Wait
The birth of Isabel Grace
My first pregnancy was normal and healthy for the most part. The biggest problem that I had was lower back pain. - Natural Birth, Midwives, Born in Water
This is the story of Sofie's birth, the best day of my life.
My pregnancy was wonderful.
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