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Cesarean

Virtual childbirth program can forecast birthing scenarios

By Michelle Maffei on Apr 5, 2012

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No one can guarantee how your labor and delivery experience will be, but if you could predict your chances of having a caesarean...
Home birth

Why are home births on the rise?

By Michelle Maffei on Mar 18, 2012
Despite the fact that advances in medical technology march on, the number of mommies-to-be opting for childbirth at home has...
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Savanna - Finally came!

On Feb 8, 2004
22 year old Brooke from California did everything she could to have her baby, and it worked!
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Delaney - A baby girl present

On Jul 31, 2003
Eirena spent the 24 hours before her delivery with butterflies in her stomach! She couldn't wait to meet her new baby, and find out...
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Samantha - Gave her mama a scare

On Jul 20, 2003
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

On Jul 19, 2003
French-Canadian mom Carole narrates the story of her easy labor and birth.
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Ryan - A slow start

On Jul 18, 2003
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

On Jul 18, 2003
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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Bailey - Definitely not a curse

On Jul 9, 2003
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

On Jul 9, 2003
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

On Jul 4, 2003
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

On Jun 29, 2003
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!

On Jun 25, 2003
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

On Jun 25, 2003
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

On Jun 25, 2003
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

On Jun 25, 2003
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

On Jun 25, 2003
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

On Jun 25, 2003
Heather, a company manager/childbirth educator and doula -- and the mother of four boys -- kept a journal of her pregnancy. Read on...
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Betsy's labor journal: Photos

On May 8, 2003

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Betsy BaileyThe Gallery A newborn Hannah with her "big" sister, Bailey Mom and her girls Hannah at 7 months On the...
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Betsy's labor journal: Part one

On May 8, 2003
In celebration of Hannah's second birthday, Betsy assembled this labor diary, culled from e-mail messages to her May moms group ....

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