Submitted by Kim of Prairie Momma
December 15, 2002…
It was a Sunday, and I wasn’t feeling very good. I stayed home from church because I was a little queasy and VERY tired. I slept a lot of the day. Jeremy made me dinner, and I didn’t eat much because things just weren’t sitting right in my [...]
Submitted by Barbara in Albany, CA (To read more, visit Barbara here.)
I think one of the most fascinating things about childbirth is the variation of experience from woman to woman, and from pregnancy to pregnancy. During my pregnancy, I heard stories of morning sickness, practice contractions, and long painful labors. I prepared myself for [...]
Submitted by Erin in Mechanicsville, VA
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I had to be induced at 36 weeks due to pre-eclampsia and IUGR (intra-uterine growth restriction). We arrived at the hospital at 6 am for the induction. We waited in the waiting room for about an hour and finally got into a labor [...]
Submitted by Sabrina in Fulton, KY
My first pregnancy was fairly uneventful, no problems and very little sickness. I was due around the 7th of October and working part time. On September 13th I got home from work at 3:30 pm and around 5:00 I thought my water had broken (it isn’t always a gush and [...]
Submitted by Sabrina in Fulton, KY
I was due around November 7. At around 5 1/2 months, I’m starting to have some problems with my hands and wrists. I’m told that I have pregnancy induced carpal tunnel and an unusual condition which caused electrolytes to settle into the joints of my fingers. The fluid retention was also [...]
Submitted by Eryn in Mechanicsville, VA
When I was about 27 weeks pregnant, my OB noticed that my blood pressure was slowly but steadily increasing each time she took it. Although it wasn’t high enough yet to warrant bed rest, she did restrict me to going to work, then coming straight home and lying on the [...]
Submitted by Rayne in Alabama
I have one daughter who just turned 2 and her birth was somewhat eventful, but normal at the same time. I think my biggest regret was being so drugged up I only remember bits and pieces of it and I was too out of it to try and hold her the [...]
Submitted by Crystal
My fourth pregnancy was a planned home birth baby, however things didn’t go as expected. By 37 weeks, my midwife noticed something wrong as the growth pattern of my uterus was off - it jumped enormously in just a couple of weeks. We suspected too much amniotic fluid (called polyhydramnios), and ultrasound showed [...]
Submitted by Beth in Arlington, TX
I have to second Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth. The stories in there were so much fun! There are some things that might make ya say, “What?!” but take it with a grain of salt. Either way, I really think it helped me a lot.
I used a birthing center [...]
