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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.

• Born at 32 Week; Bicornuate Uterus; Incompetent Cervix
  Hi, my name is Felecia. I have one child, Kathryn, who just turned 9 months old.
• Premature Birth with Life Threatening Complications
  I was having a happy and healthy pregnancy. I went to the doctor for my 35 checkup.
• Teen Mother, Preemie, Breech Baby
  I never thought I would ever get pregnant, but I did. I found out I was 2 months pregnant in October 1998 and I could not believe it.
• 34-week Premature Delivery
  My elder daughter was born on September 2, 1985, so she's now nearly 14, but I remember almost all the details of her birth. I was 21 years old, 34 weeks pregnant, and it was Labor Day weekend.
• Teen Mother, Preemie...Now Expecting Triplets!
  I was not sure what to think when I found out that I was pregnant. I cried and my boyfriend cried.
• Premature Baby…Water Breaks on Day of Baby Shower
  I Live in Virginia and I was due to have my first child on April 5, 1999. I was scheduled to have her at the Martha Jefferson Hospital.
• 31-week Preemie, Mom in Abusive Relationship
  I was a 19 year old in a physically abusive marriage. My baby was due June 7th, but I had him 9 weeks early on April 7th.
• Disabled -- She is Still my Angel
  I had a normal labor -- it was after she was born that things changed. Ashley Dawn Kelly, 7-10-98, 5 pounds, 4 ounces, was born 6 weeks early.
• That was Labor?, 32.5 Week Preemie
  My due date was August 28, 1998. On June 29, I went into the doctor because I had not felt the baby move in 2 days and was having a few signs of premature labor.
• Miracle Tanya
  My husband and I had wanted a baby so badly. In a period of almost 10 years we had lost five babies.
• A Little Too Soon, Premature Labor, Mom Flies to US
  We were living in a small village in the Dominican Republic working for Habitat for Humanity when I was pregnant with my daughter Jordan. Since health care is not all that good there, we had already decided to go back to the States for her birth.
• 1 Pound Preemie at 24 Weeks, Mom has High Blood Pressure and Emergency
  I found out that I was pregnant in January and the excitement just rushed in from that point. This was my first pregnancy.
• Too Scared to Have Another Baby, Pre-eclampsia, IUGR, C-section Preemie
  After being told I could not conceive a child due to previous surgeries, my husband and I didn't concern ourselves with any form of birth control. Imagine our amazement when I discovered I was pregnant (at 13 weeks, 5 days).
• Placental Abruption, Emergency C-section, Healthy Preemie
  This was my second pregnancy, the first one having ended in a miscarriage two years previous, and all was going very well. The baby was due on March 29, and I was looking forward to the whole experience.
• Preemie Wedding Excitement
  Thanksgiving weekend, 1992. My first family dinner.