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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.

• Surprise, Preemie, Quick Labour
  I was 26 years old and my DH was 27 when we were surprised with out first pregnancy. You see, five years earlier, I had been diagnosed with PCOS and told that I may never get pregnant.
• Iyan's Early Arrival
  We found out we were pregnant on February 14, 2000. That's right, Valentine's Day.
• Two Premature Healthy Babies
  When I was 28 years old, my husband and I found out that we were going to be parents. I had lots of morning sickness all day in the first trimester.
• First Baby Preterm, Cerclage with Second
  I waited until I was 27 years old to start a family and once I made that decision, it consumed me. I didn't even want to wait the nine months it was going to take to accomplish it.
• Preemie Baby: C-section
  I remember waking up on January 7, 1999 at 4 a.m.
• Five Weeks Early/Vacuum Delivery
  I was almost in my 35-week when I awoke to a wet bed -- my water had broken at 5 a.m.
• Pre-eclampsia/HELLP Syndrome, 27 Weeks, Emergency C-section
  I had a relatively uneventful pregnancy with the standard morning sickness at the beginning, increased appetite, etc. At 26 weeks, my husband and I arrived back from a trip to Florida to visit my relatives.
• Preemie Birth: Five Weeks Early
  The day before Matilda was born I watched a matinee of the Titanic and tried not to pee. My husband, David and I ate a couscous dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant, never dreaming that the evening would be so eventful.
• Our Small Miracle at 31 Weeks
  Courtney Skye was born on January 4, 2000 at 11:18 a.m.
• Preemie Born at 26 Weeks
  My husband and I were very excited when we found out that I was pregnant and we knew that we wanted a boy. My due date was May 2, 1998.
• Hailey Born at 29 Weeks
  I went to my doctor's appointment thinking that I was fine. I was in the room waiting for my doctor and finally she came in and took my blood pressure, and said that it was very high.
• Early Baby, Oxygen Tank
  My water broke five weeks before my daughter was supposed to be due -- needless to say, I was concerned that she was too early.
• PROM, Full Labor, C-section
  I was due May 21. On Tuesday, April 4, I got home from my job as a second grade teacher, and when I went to the bathroom I noticed some spotting.
• My Miracle Baby Born at 24 Weeks
  On February 29, 2000 around 8 a.m.
• Miracle Baby Born at 24 Weeks
  It was October of 1990 and my wife an I had been trying to conceive for over a year. We'd tried all the tricks to include basal temp charting, etc.