Liliana Marie was born at 3:50 PM on Sunday, March 8th after about 13 hours of labor and 1 hour of pushing. The super-abbreviated birth story: I labored at home until noon when all I could think about was getting into a giant tub of warm water, went to the hospital, got checked and was already at 8 ...

Phoebe DawnFebruary 12, 2009 at 5:47pm7lbs. 14oz.  20 1/2 inches It's pretty long but I wanted to write out everything I remembered. Well, here we go with Phoebe’s birth story. As a heads up - I went completely natural. The only thing I received were antibiotics for Group B Strep and...

So, on Monday Feb 2nd, like I said before the doctor wanted to induce me. I decided to go ahead with it because I trust that my doctor knows what she's doing and talking about when she said that it was time. Me and my parents went to the hospital at 7:30am. I signed a few papers, and ...

Thursday i went in for the swelling and was hospitalized and induced since my blood pressure kept fluctuating alot. I was induced around 3:30pm. All was good, just felt like PMS.They broke my water around 6pm and contraction began to really really really hurt and were one right after another.even th...

Just a warning: If stories of induction or ones that involve AROM, epidurals, and pitocin bother you, then feel free to skip this. So I failed to go into labor naturally before 5:30 Thursday morning, though I did continue to have contractions throughout Tuesday and Wednesday. My husband and I pulled...

Alright guys, here it goes. Joseph JamesJune 2, 2008 @ 5:28 p.m.8 lbs. 15 oz.21" head13.5" head14" chest Sorry, hadn't realized I was writing a novel... lol, just skim through the beginning... you'll know when the good stuff happens. * * * After a few days and nights worth of fulfilling yet uneventf...

A very long birth story... Gavin James7lb 3oz, 20 inches longBorn May 28th, 2008 at 8:10pmArrived on his due date. On Tuesday the 27th, I began complaining about a dull ache in my lower back, in between my hip bones, every time I would have tightening in my stomach. It was more uncomfortable than pa...

Ruby May Born at 4:04pm on 28th May Weight: 7lbs3ozLength: 50cmHead Circumference: 34cmAPGAR Scores: 9 at both 1 & 5 mins I woke up at 1am on Wednesday with contractions that were coming every 5 minutes. I rode them out, with a bath and some food until 4am when they started getting hard to talk thro...

Baby's Name: Alexander JeanLucDate of Birth: 5.27.08EDD: 5.24.08Weight/ Height: 8 lbs 2 oz / 20 1/4 inchesNatural/Epidural/Cesarean: Pitocin, epidural/failed natural - c-section This is formatted to be posted in another forum. DH = darling husband It all started on May 26th at about 10pm. I started ...

OMG...where do I start? The Labor Begins Last Saturday, a week ago today, which was my "official" due date, I woke up and has some slight bleeding and period-like cramping. YEA! I was very excited and thought "oh, I'll have this baby tomorrow". Well, not so soon. Sunday I started losing my mucous pl...