April The Pregnant Giraffe Should Be Teaching You This About Birth!
What is April the Giraffes Due Date we wonder? For days now millions of people have heard about April the Giraffe who is due to give birth. For days now…
Birth Story: After Weeks Of Early Labor
Birth Story By: Hope Nichole Ortigo After several weeks of early labor, and very slow changes, and 4 trips to l&d... I start timing my contractions on August 13, mid afternoon...…
Birth Story – Birth Plan down the drain!
Birth Story By: Shelbi Pearsall The last few days of my 36th week I felt great. Full of energy, no pain, able to breath, then I woke up on the…
Birth Story – A Quick and Beautiful Homebirth
Birth Story By: Emma Davies A Planned Homebith The morning I was 4 days over due I woke feeling uncomfortable, not contractions but just achy all over. I carried on…
Birth Story: A Little Pitocin
Birth Story By: Brie Rose Willette Birth Story: A Little Pitocin - Positive Experience Norah was due August 9. The day came and went…. Due Dates Are Guess Dates The week…
Birth Story: The Epidural That Wasn’t.
By Sandra Berke The Birth of Lilith Frances Prices Born on 08/07/2015 8:12 pm It all started at 5:30 am. Everyone was asleep and starting to slowly awake for the day.…
A Birth Story – Why a Full Term Induction was Still too Soon.
This is the first of many birth stories to comes from some of the amazing mothers in the August 2015 due date group. Each birth is different and each…
Is it Braxton Hicks or Labor? One tip to help you figure it out!
How do I know when I am in real labor? In a due date group of over 800 expecting women this is a question we see over and over again…
Guest Post: Every Mother has a Story—So Share Yours.
I need your story. Yes, yours. Your story about how you became a parent. Your story about pregnancy. Your birth story. How you recovered. And those cocooned weeks of…
Is Babymooning before or after the baby comes?
When do you babymoon? I think it is after one has a baby but many seem to disagree. Most people believe that babymooning is what a couple does before a…
NaBloPoMo – Day 20
I think I might have missed a day or two posting this month already, I count any post as one counting towards NaBloPoMo though so maybe I am ok?…
Smell and Not Pheromones Possible Link to Breastfeeding Success
A new study is showing a link in Mice to the smell of the mother and not pheromones like previously thought in all mammals. You can read more by searching…
A good reason for an elective induction!
Rarely do I find myself thinking there is a good reason for an elective induction, never mind an early one. This reason however makes me vary happy that it is…
Birthing without screams!
There is a wonderful peaceful car birth story up that you can fine on Cafe Mom.It has a video of a father driving and filming the birth of his daughter…
Zoeys Birth Story
Zoeys Birth Story May 7th 11:08am Zoey Irene 7lbs 6oz 19" long 37 weeks and 6 days found me getting out of bed at 7:30am. This is not so uncommon…