Labor and Delivery
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Premature birth hard to predict with home uterine monitors
Portable monitors that detect contractions of the uterus do not appear to be useful for identifying women likely to have a preterm... -
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Samantha - Gave her mama a scare
20 year old LuAnn from MI wasn't quite sure what to do when he water broke at her MIL's. Neither was her husband, when he left the... -
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Maude - Went easy on her mommy
French-Canadian mom Carole narrates the story of her easy labor and birth. -
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Ryan - A slow start
After a couple of false starts, things move very quickly for Sherry, surprising even her nurse! -
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Sarah - An induced, fast labor
Melody writes that while she was standing, she bore down once and felt a pop, a small gush of fluid, a rush of baby, and then she... -
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Feel baby, not the pain
A pain reliever traditionally used for post-operative pain, when diluted and given through an epidural, provides pain relief during... -
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Bailey - Definitely not a curse
Unlike her previous three pregnancies, her fourth was complicated by gestational diabetes and the threat of induction or a... -
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Luke - A near-perfect birth
Deborah wanted to give birth naturally, without much medication. She got her wish when Luke was born. Read this story of a... -
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Matthew - An unexpected birth
A Michigan mom had mentally prepared herself for a scheduled c-section. The baby, however, had plans of his own. Find out what... -
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Diamond - A scary start
Sometimes we like to ignore a strange pain or spots of blood -- either because we think it's all right, or because we don't want it... -
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Austin - Mom drove herself to the hospital!
Beth in Texas drove herself to the hospital after her water broke. Read more about her son's birth here! -
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Brandon - Colorado baby
Season in Colorado had a lot of false labor before finally experiencing the real thing. Read on for more about the birth of her son! -
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Christian - Already 5 cm dilated
Kathleen in Wisconsin's third baby was induced two days early because she suffered from hip problems. Already 5cm dilated, all she... -
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Connor - Second baby
In Florida, the birth of Ximena's second child was much easier than that of her firstborn! Her labor was augmented with Pitocin.... -
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Frank - Second birth, a VBAC
Frank was Amy's second child, and was a wonderful VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) birth in a hospital. Amy wrote, "I'm so... -
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Hadley - Perfect delivery
Heather, a company manager/childbirth educator and doula -- and the mother of four boys -- kept a journal of her pregnancy. Read on...Max 5 stars80My Rating -
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An easier first birth
The idea of giving birth for the first time can be daunting -- you want to be prepared. Doula Cindy Harmon-Jones offers you some of... -
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My labor journal: Part one
In celebration of my daughter's second birthday, I assembled this labor diary, culled from e-mail messages to her May moms group ....
