Birth Stories |
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The Story of Faith
What was suppose to be one of the best times of my life turned into a rollercoster ride of emotions. It was May and I had just found out I was pregnant for my third child and my due date was January...
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Karen's Story
I am the very proud mother of two beautiful blonde hair blue eyed girls, now 13 and 10. It took two years to conceive our first daugher, Melissa, and one and half years to conceive our second daugher, Sarah. ...
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Car Birth
Originally from Florida, Karen met her husband, Tim, while attending a boarding school near her present home in western North Carolina. She is the mother of three children: Brian age nine; Katie, age five: and...
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Kristy's Story
This was my first pregnancy, and I was scared. Could I be a good mother? Would I survive labour? Would I survive a CHILD? As the due date came closer and closer, I began to think harder and harder about my...
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Miracle Births - Premature Infants
The inside of a NICU is totally memorized by every parent or relative who spent considerable amounts of time there, waiting for their miracle to bloom. Every piece of equipment is easily summoned in their mind...
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The pregnacy from hell
WARNING: This story is not graphic in nature (well, not really) and contains no coarse language. However, it's contents are not suitable for any woman trying to decide if she wants children. It is an unusual...
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Brenda's Story
I was just reading Lori's story - my pregnancy and birth is pretty much the opposite of hers! As soon as I discovered I was pregnant, at 6 weeks, I started feeling like I had a flu. A flu complete with nausea and...
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Charlene's Story
This is the story of our daughter Elizabeth's birth. The pregnancy itself was pretty average, not too much weight gain (about 20 lbs). I was already overweight so my body didn't need the extra! We attended an...
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Jennifer M's Story
I loved being pregnant, and I luckily had no complications.. I was one of those women who had this gigantic belly, and I was losing it as fast everywhere else as I was gaining it on my belly! When I went in to...
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Helen R's Story
I was waiting....and waiting...and waiting, but my baby decided that no way was this going to be easy! All the way through my pregnancy people kept telling me that the first baby is always late, wait two weeks...
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Zoe's Story
It took me 3 three years to fall pregnant naturally I was so close to doing IVF but as you know everyone suggests you 'Go on a holiday!' and then you will fall pregnant! Well I did, in the first week too and was...
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Bonnie's Story
This was my third and last pregnancy, (I think!) and it was the longest, most painful nine months of my life. With each child, the discomfort was worse. I was told I was built to have babies, yeah, right! I was...
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Both Sides Now
I don't remember when the thought of Doulas happened for me. It may have been just before the birth of our third baby. We considered having a friend with us for the birth to attend to both of our needs. To say...
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Susan's Story
In retrospect this last 18 months has been quite the ride. My son was premature and suffered many complications. Here is my story.... I was 26 weeks pregnant and had suffered a few false labours. One day the...
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Michelle O's Story
I was nine days overdue in what had to be the hottest summers on record. I had been sent to the hospital to have a fetal assessment. The assessment determined that I have little water left surrounding the baby. ...
