All posts tagged "labor pains"
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Labor Pains: I Was Secretly Relieved To Have An Emergency C-Section
The birth of my first daughter involved an emergency c-section that, I’m not ashamed to report, I actually...
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Labor Pains: I Packed My Hospital Bag As If I’d Be Spending Weeks At A Five-Star Resort
I’m not sure what’s worse: Packing your child up for her first day of school after Labor Day...
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Labor Pains: ‘Droopy Vaginas’ And Other Post-Partum Truisms Nobody Tells You About
"I'll be right back," I told my friend H. after returning home from my first walk since giving...
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Labor Pains: How I Accidentally Became A Starbucks-Drinking, Bugaboo-Pushing Mom
Being in my 20s rocked. I lived alone, in downtown Toronto, in a small one-bedroom with a giant...
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Labor Pains: The Best Delivery Room Distractions
I was an hour into to my labor, with seven more to go, when my sister showed up...
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Labor Pains: Does Reading A Dozen Baby Books Prepare Men For Childbirth?
Mommyish has a new avid reader named Will that I would like to welcome! I know that Will...
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Labor Pains: Four Weeks After A Breast Cancer Diagnosis, My Baby Entered The World
May 2009: I was six weeks from my due date for my second child. My partner, our almost-two-year-old...
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Labor Pains: Making Mommy Friends Is Like Dating All Over Again
I moved to my new Brooklyn neighborhood two months before my son arrived. In the weeks leading up...
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Labor (Pains) Day: My Husband Fainted In The Delivery Room
I was upstaged while giving birth to my daughter. I’d heard of dads trying to take center stage...
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Labor (Pains) Day: Giving Birth With My Mother And My Sister By My Side
As we all know, giving birth for the first time is a little scary. Sure, it’s natural and...
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Labor (Pains) Day: Saved From A C-Section At The Last Second
Okay, I'll admit it: I had an epidural while 1.5 centimeters dilated. Twice. With my first, the...
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Labor (Pains) Day: ‘My Labor Was Kind Of Like A Circus’
My labor was kind of like a circus. Because I was high risk and I gave birth at...
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Labor (Pains) Day: ‘We Need To Get This Baby Out Of You!’ Said My Doctor. So I Went For A Pedicure
"I'm sorry to tell you this, but we need to get this baby out of you today," my...
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Labor (Pains) Day: ‘My Pain On A Scale Of 1 To 10? What Kind Of Question Is That, Anyway?’
Within an hour, the epidural had completely worn off on my left side. Utter panic. I had never...
