Open Thread: What Would You Change About Your Birth Experience?
When I look back on all the ideas I had about how my first labor would go, I see…
When I look back on all the ideas I had about how my first labor would go, I see…
I love a party as much as anyone else, but the actual birth of your child is not a…
The story of my second labor starts with Goliath. Goliath is our couch. I hate this thing. It’s a…
Waking up September 2nd, 2013 I was a bloated, emotional wreck who was seething with the usual “get this baby…
When the anesthesiologist walks in, relief is palpable. My husband stops impotently rolling a water bottle up and down…
They say having your water break is something that only happens in the movies. So I wasn’t too worried…
I peed on my nurse. For my first child, 18 years ago, we did not have cell phones. My…
Having my son took two weeks. I’m not exaggerating. I was due on July 27th and induced on August…
Most of my labor and delivery were fairly standard and not very funny for outsiders who don’t care about…
I have a great respect for the medical community””doctors, midwives, nurses, and everyone else who supports expectant mothers during…
Boston hospital began offering laughing gas for pain management for laboring women this week. What I want to know…
Are you looking for a way to be unique? Not just unique but the absolute uniquest? What I’m asking…
I can completely identify with being petrified of going into labor. For me, it was the issue of the…
Even though this story has a happy ending, watching this video was very upsetting to me, and I will…