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B'Elanna Dawne's Birth Story
Well I will start when I had found out I was pregnant. My boyfriend and I had been trying for over a year, with two miscarriages. Finally, two days before my 21st birthday, I did a home pregnancy test, and it was positive. At this...
Jonathan & Justin - Overdue Twins
I had met my husband when I was 14 years old and we were married when I was 18. We tried for a couple of years to have a child. Several doctors had told us that we would never have a child. Finally, after being married 5 years we ...
Pushed for Four Hours
I went in on July 2, 2002 for a regular appointment with the OB. They took my blood pressure and weight like usual only this time my blood pressure was high and I had gained nine pounds since the week before. My urine didn't show ...
Isaiah Irving Cornell
Only a few months after my 18th birthday I discovered I was pregnant. I had just started dating a wonderful and gorgeous man and was petrified that he would leave once I told him that I was pregnant with my former boyfriends child...
Natural Childbirth
I was getting very anxious to have my baby. My doctor had said that he would wait one more week before inducing. Those are not the words a woman looking to have a natural childbirth wants to hear. Maybe the long walk I took the da...
Mistie's Birth Story
March 13, 2003: THIS IS THE DAY!!! 3:29am - I woke up with a strong contraction and immediately started my contraction timer. 9 minutes, 30 seconds later, another started. The next one was 8 minutes later. I went to the bathroom ...
Amaya's Birth Story
Amaya was born April 14, 2002 - 10 days early. The day I went into the hospital I didn't even know I was in labor. I knew something was wrong but did not know it would be the day. I called my husband at work and said, "I feel rea...
Birth Story of Stephen Charles
Monday, December 10th at 4:47 am - My water broke! I was lying in bed trying to make up my mind if I should get up to go to the bathroom or not. I heard and felt a noise, but did not feel any water so I woke my husband up and told...
Gina's Birth
I found out I was pregnant on Friday March 9, 2001. We saw our baby for the first time on Thursday, April 24, at 11 weeks gestation. The 22-week ultrasound on Saturday, June 30th showed us that we were having a girl. Seven weeks l...
Trinity's Birth Story
I wasn't due for another twenty-three days, as I or my baby was not ready. I didn't have my hospital bags packed or even my daughter's room done. I was at my boyfriend's grandfather's funeral. We had to catch the last ferry that n...
Casey Joseph Lee
Born August 11, 2002It started on August 6, 2002, I didn't even know anything was wrong. My due date wasn't until October 8. I went to lay down on the couch and I started bleeding, and I knew this was not your normal. I went to t...
Michael's Birth
Born August 11, 2000 My pregnancy with Michael seemed too good to be true. I had no morning sickness, no complications whatsoever, and was still very active during the whole duration. When it got close to my due date, my doctor a...
Angelica's Home Birth
I am confident in my ability to grow my babies naturally and without assistance from the medical industry. As such, we enjoyed our second intervention and test free pregnancy with a relaxed attitude towards the planning of our sec...
Rhiannon Sara
It was a Friday night, the 15th of February 2002. We had just finished moving house. My friend, Rene, came to visit and we had been watching videos and had takeaways for supper. I went to bed at around 9.30pm - I was quite tired, ...
Anthony's Birth Story
Hello my name is Amber Evans and this is my story.... On Saturday, December 29th, I thought that I was in labor. I was having pretty regular contractions since the night before, that hadn’t gone away. We went to the hospital, and ...
Phoenix Alexander's Birth
I was a week over due. I should have known that it would have been any day now, but didn't realize it at the time. At 5:00 am, I woke up with a sharp pain. Thinking nothing of it, I tried to go back to sleep, with no such luck. I ...
MyKai's Birth
I became pregnant with my first child and delivered him on July 24,2001. It was a really great experience. I planned on having a home-water birth but unfortunately,that didn't work out. Although I was dissapointed, I got over it. ...
Amy Grace's Fantastic Natural Birth
The birth of my first child 14 years ago was a traumatic and disappointing experience. Medically induced because I was considered late at 41 weeks, I had the standard interventions of a perfectly executed hospital birth: Pitocin, ...
Two Late Babies!
I had my first daughter 5 years ago this month... She was exactly a week late. I was depressed and tired and wanted that baby out. I called my midwife. She said it had been proven (if you are ready) that if you orgasm 7 times it w...
The Story of Joey's Birth
When I found out I was pregnant, my husband and I were both surprised. We had been trying to get pregnant for about 4 months and nothing happened, so we decided to just take it easy and not try so hard. Two months later, May 5, 20...
Tiny Blake's Birth
Well I was only 18 when I got preg., but I was married and my husband was 19. Well when I was one day late for my period I knew then that I was pregnant. So we got a test and sure enough it was positive. Everything was going well,...
Gabriel Manley's Birth
My name is Beth, and I had to take fertility drugs for my little angel to get here. I took 3 months of Clomid, then decided to give up for the time if I wasn't pregnant this time. I knew the Clomid was working, because I was havin...
Heather Brittany Chahin's Birth
Heather is our first child. She was conceived on Father's Day 1994. A Home Pregnancy test resulted POSITIVE on July 15, 1994! Talk about jumping for joy!!! Due date was March 16, 1995. The Pregnancy was great. I loved being pregna...
Anita Charlotte's Birth
On December 3rd, 2000 at 7am I felt my baby move real violently in my belly. That worried me because they say the umbilical cord can rap around the neck and they will struggle, so of course that's what I'm thinking. At about 12pm ...
The Happiest Day of My Life
On the 8th November 2000, I was having bad pains in my groin. I thought that I'd pulled a muscle, so I phoned my midwife as I had an appointment that day and asked her If she would come out and see me. She advised me to go to the ...
Alexandria Ann's Birth
I had been having contractions and dilated at 2 cm for about a month. I went into the doctor at least twice a week and they chalked it up to being a 1st time mom, freaking out. I was due on April 28, 1999. A week and a half went b...
Kaylee Rose's Birth
On Friday, November 3rd, I told Sal..."This is it...we are having this baby THIS Weekend"! I was determined. Sal had picked up more Primrose Oil for me as well as Castor Oil. I started taking the Primrose Oil every hour or so. On ...
Lori's Birth Story
Arielle Nicoletteborn October 23, 2000My 3rd pregnancy was a very planned and desired one. My husband, Phillip and I tried for 16 long months to conceive this child. When I finally did, I was so excited. My pregnancy was a rocky o...
Justine's Birth Story
Hi! My name is Justine. My story happend very quickly. I went into labor at 4.00 am with my first child. I got to the hospital at 5.45 am. I was 2 cm dialted within a half hour idilated to 9 cm an begain pushing my sons heart went...
Paul's Birth
I would like to share with you all my birth story. It happened almost a year 2 yrs. ago. I was doing very well with most of my pregnancy. Then I developed gestational diabetes that I had to give myself insulin shots. Thank goodnes...
Maartje's Amazing Birth
A Special Delivery My husband Berry and I are both 39 years old. We are married 15 years and we are both working in the HealthCare. He is neurologic qualified nurse (male) n a hospital. I am working as a qualified district nurse. ...
Corey Lynn's Birth
The birth of my second child went a little quicker than the birth of my first child. With my first son, I was in labor for 25 hours. When my second son, I was in labor just over 3 hrs. I went in on Friday, Nov. 13, 1998 at 6am to ...
Shenae's Amazing Birth Story
I was admitted to hospital 7 days early for having contractions, which would stop after many hours of being 2 minutes apart. I had my waters broken at 8.30am and was given the pitocin drip at 9.45am within 15 minutes, contractions...
Katelyn Gail's Amazing Birth Story
Compared to most listed, my birth story is nothing extremely outrageous. During my pregnancy with my second daughter, my OB nurse would comment on how my blood pressure was running a little high. She said that the OB would probabl...
Premature Delivery
My name is Stacey. I was 33 weeks pregnant and started to hemorrhage while having a bath. I was bleeding so badly that I would not even get dressed. I had to sit on the toilet and phone my Mother, who phoned an ambulance for me. M...
Short Birth Story
Well my birth was short I was already at the hospital. And the doctor said I dilated 6cm already So at 5:47 I was ready to have it. So I pushed foe 10min and when they said my baby coming out I thought about other things besides t...
Doctor Sometimes Doesn't Know Best
I was due June 8,1999.. My blood pressure had been high, (high enough to lose the baby), since May 25 when my little brother passed away. I tried to get my doctor to take the baby but he wouldnt. He not only put the baby in danger...
A Hypnobirthing Experience
My first labor and delivery was a trip to hell and back. 17 hours of pure misery. I believe this was due to my mother and her "warnings" of how horrible my birth was (36 hours in an Army hospital) and how she had been in such pain...
Katrina Grace's Amazing Birth
I had my Daughter in 12 min........ I woke up on labor day and realized I had lost my mucus plug. (This was going to be a real labor day for me) I didn't have any contractions, just a real bad stomach ache. I called the doctor and...
Karin's Amazing Birth Story
I started having contractions on a thursday evening! I was all set to get this "thing" over with! I had problems with general anxiety disorder and thought it best NOT to take any birthing classes. The doctor and I thought they mig...
Samantha Avalyne & Josaphine Marget's Amazing Births
I was 20 years old when I found out that I was having twins. I had a terrible first three months of pregnancy. After that, it all got easy. At 37 weeks I went to the Obtetrician's office for a check up she checked me and told me t...
A home birth in New Zealand
My due date was November 8, but the day came & went without a peep from little Irie (our name for the baby -- it means goodness and positive vibrations). When two more weeks went by, I was getting fed up with waiting. On November ...
Emily's Amazing Birth
Hi, my name is Alicia. I want to share a traumatic birth story with you. This is one of my mothers: My parents have been married all of my life, and I'm the oldest of 6 girls. The ages are; me-19, Heather-16, Brittany-15, Ashley-1...
Ryan's Amazing Birth
We had moved into our new house on the first of October. There was still a bit of work to be done on the hardwood floor, so we decided that we'd go into town to stay at my moms when the work was to be done (get away from the glue ...
Mykayla Rayechelle's Amazing Birth
I was scheduled for my regular OB visit on Friday morning October 15th 1999, I got up showered, got ready and put my bag in the car. My doctor was going to induce me if my blood pressure was still up. My husband drove, and we sto...