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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.

• My Miracle
  I was told by a doctor when I was 16 years of age that I wouldn't be able to have children. At the time I wasn't really worried, as children was the last thing on my mind.
• On Time, Natural Birth
  On the morning of the June 23, 2003 (my due date), I began to have mild contractions around 3 a.m.
• Wonderful Water Birth
  It was a Sunday, almost three weeks before my due date, when I went into labor. I was working that day and I would feel what I thought was false labor contractions.
• I Am a Childbirth Champ Thanks to Hypnotherapy – Grace Is Perfect
  Well, ladies, let's just say that I had done my research, and decided that a Cesarean section was the way to go. I was terrified of tearing, episiotomies, incontinence, sexual dysfunction and the unbearable pain.
• James's Amazing Water Birth
  James Allen Behlke was born at Feather River Hospital's The Birth Day Place at 8:25 in the morning on Friday, May 21, 2004. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.
• Long Natural Birth – Big Boy
  I'd been terribly uncomfortable the last two weeks of my 9th month (I know, I know, everyone is) and once again, I had a fitful night on the couch. I awoke the day before my due date at 5:30 a.
• Bradley Birth: We Did It
  The first 6 months of my pregnancy we were with a popular OB/GYN in the city. He was nice enough; our visits literally were around seven minutes long and consisted of: everything looks great.
• Fertility Treatments – Wonderful Ending
  For starters, I had been told when I was 16 I would never be able to have kids. But there was a possibility that with years of fertility treatments, tests, etc.
• Hypnobirth
  Matthew Jack arrived on Mother's Day after a successful and completely natural delivery. I began labor about 1 a.
• First Baby – Wishful Thinking Paid Off
  I was 20 when I found out I was pregnant. It was the end of my first year of nursing training, and I wasn't too sure how I'd juggle everything, but I was still pretty sure I could do it.
• Natural Birth, Water Broke at Home
  I was having contractions two days before the birth of my baby girl. I had her on March 5, 2004.
• Second or More; No Pain Medication
  I was 21 when I had my first child. I was pretty scared at first because I didn't know what to expect.
• Naomi Ella – Natural Birth in Israel
  Note: Between brackets are Doron's comments Thursday morning I woke up constipated. A bit crampy.
• Unmedicated Delivery of First Child
  I was 19 when I became pregnant with Briaunna Rochelle. I was also unmarried, though the father was very supportive and he and I are married now.
• Fast, Natural Birth
  Monday, December 15, 2003, I had a doctor's appointment. I had declined all internals up until that point.