Submitted by Joanna in TN
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Santa visited us a little early to drop off the only item we asked for this Christmas: our daughter Julia Lynn.
She was due January 4, but made her appearance exactly two weeks early. Dave’s parents and brother had arrived from Dallas that morning, and we spent the [...]
Submitted by Dana
I have two children and two stories. I feel like with my first son, I have a “real” story. My due date was December 3rd, 2004 and on November 27th (my mom’s birthday), I went into labor at 7am. I had had contractions before but these were coming regularly and - just as [...]
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 [...]
Submitted by Jocelyn in MN
I have one child and had a fairly easy and uneventful birth experience. I had contractions Saturday night in the middle of the night. About the time I was going to go into the hospital they stopped. The next day (Sunday) I had contractions on and off. We had a big [...]
Submitted by Terra in California
So, my birth story is interesting in that I was summoned to jury duty at about 36 weeks pregnant (36 weeks and two days to be exact, leaving almost 4 weeks before my due date). I am sitting in jury duty waiting to be questionned when I start getting what I [...]
Submitted by Crystal
This is a subject near and dear to my heart (I have four children), so I can briefly share some of my birthing experiences. My first one was 16 years ago - I was young and didn’t do much research, just kind of went along for the ride - but it was a [...]
