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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 First Child Through C-section
  I began having contractions three weeks before for every night. The doctor saw no reason why I was not going into labor because the baby had turned down already in position within that first week.
• Baby Cadence
  I went to the hospital two days before I was due, concerned that I was in labor. After walking around for an hour they sent me home (an hour away).
• 31 Hours and Finally a C-section
  At my 20-week scan the doctors told me I was only going to have 7-pound baby, which I was told was average. Then as the weeks went by my OB kept saying this is a big baby, and I was only very petite.
• C-section After 29 Hours
  It all began on July 27. I woke up to go to work.
• C-section Then Natural VBAC
  Before sharing my wonderful VBAC story, I first should share some background of how I ended up on this birth journey.
• Never Imagined I'd Have a C-section
  We found out we were expecting our first child on Christmas Day 2004. I was very shocked, as my doctor had told me only a couple of weeks earlier that I may have some trouble conceiving and that it could take awhile.
• Pre-eclampsia, Gestational Diabetes, Group-B Strep and One Healthy Baby
  I had a pretty normal pregnancy until about the 27th week when they do the gestational diabetes test. I tested positive for gestational diabetes.
• Not as I Planned, But Happy Ending X
  My husband and I had only been married for six weeks when we discovered we were having our fist child. We were delighted.
• Induction, Unplanned C-section of Gorgeous Baby Girl
  This is the story of how my beautiful baby girl came into this world. I was 41 weeks pregnant when I went into the hospital at 8 at night to be induced on a Monday.
• Somewhat Big First Baby Requires Cesarean
  I found out that I was pregnant with my first child on October 17, 1999. I was cautiously thrilled.
• 28-hour Labor, Induced, Epidural, C-section
  Owen was born at 11:27 p.m.
• Overweight Pregnancy, Emergency C-section
  I walked into my doctor's office on January 8, 2004, for my routine weekly checkup. I had just entered my 32nd week of pregnancy.
• First-time Mom at 35
  I met my (now) husband Chad in an AOL chat room in November of 2002. We just clicked immediately and things progressed rapidly.
• Thirteen-hour Labor, Induced and Emergency C-section
  My husband and I had been married for six years and finally thought we were at a place in our lives where we were ready to have a child. It took us almost a year to get pregnant.
• Hospital Birth, C-section
  When I became pregnant I couldn't believe it. I didn't expect it to happen so easily for me.