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1 Baby Bump: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Sections
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2 Does a Cesarean Mean Fewer Babes in Your Future?
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3 Do You Think "Choosy Mothers Choose Caesareans"?
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5 Do Kegels Work?
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6 Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me: Numero Dos
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7 Would You Consider Vaginal Reconstruction?
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9 Birth After Birth: What Do You Know About VBAC?
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10 Every Child Has a Birth Story, Share Yours
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11 Birth Stories: Long Labor, Short Delivery
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12 Gisele Bundchen Says Birth Doesn't Hurt a Bit?
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13 Lil Community: Birth Affirmations
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14 There's a Doll For That: Teaching Kids About Natural Birth, VBAC, and More
If mama ever wants to explain to her lil one how he was born vaginally, while his big sister came out via C-section, there's now a doll for that! Perhaps one of the odder baby products out there MamAmor has just introduced a VBAC doll ($175), complete with a C-section scar and a Velcro opening through which her new lil one can enter the world. The company recommends the doll for tots over the age Read more
Pregnancy is a journey! LilSugar reader beaner is preparing for a natural childbirth and shared some positive thoughts her instructors gave her in The Pregnancy Posse group. My hubby and I are taking a hypnobirth class, and it's been really amazing. Since we plan on doing a natural childbirth, we needed some tools in our tool belt to help us learn techniques to relax and cope with the intensity Read more
After having a C-section for their first baby, some mamas opt to give vaginal birth a try for the second. It's not always an option, but qualified candidates may get to experience the miracle of childbirth both ways. Take the quiz to see how much you know about vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). Take the Quiz Read more
Gisele Bundchen — supermodel, super mother and super human? Tom Brady's wife doesn't think giving birth to their son, Benjamin in the couple's bathtub hurt. She told the Brazilian TV show Fantastico it wasn't a bit painful. She said: The whole time, my head was so focused – every contraction, the baby is closer, the baby is closer. So, it wasn't like, 'Oh, what pain.' It was, 'With every Read more
This post was submitted by princessya in the Birth Stories group. I had gone into pre-term contractions at 33 weeks, but was able to stop the progression of the pre-term labor for 6 weeks. Suffering, the mild contractions every couple minutes to half hour, I had a pre-natal checkup on June 9 (week 39) at around 1:30 p.m. and was then scheduled to return two days later for a Non-Stress Test to Read more
A person's story starts before he or she is born. Heritage, conception, and pregnancy aside, there's an amazing tale to be told of how each baby enters the world. Here is my son's: It was 3:53 a.m., almost 14 hours after I had been admitted for induction, and the monitor was no longer picking up my baby's heartbeat. The doctors rushed in and told me to push — I needed to deliver immediately! I Read more
As youngsters, we are led to believe storks drop newborns off in a bundled white sack. At some point in time, wee ones will find out that Santa Claus isn't real and that mama lied about those long necked birds. There are only two ways to enter this world — through the birth canal or slipping through a surgically split belly. In the end, the means of delivery usually doesn't matter to the new Read more
It is a well known fact that many women tear during vaginal deliveries. While stitching and kegels may help in the reparations, some mothers opt to have their lady parts surgically reconstructed. A mother of two, Violet Estrada, told surgeon David Matlock that she wanted to feel like a 14-year-old again. Fulfilling her desires, he performed a procedure that tightened her genitals. A fan of the Read more
There are many things about labor that you can't possibly imagine until you've experienced them. One of the best-kept dirty secrets — poop! I thought I was just having stomach issues when I went into labor, which is unusual for me. I can chow down on jalapeños, sodas, and ice cream in one sitting without tummy ramifications. That night, however, I must have visited the throne 15 times before Read more
Delivering a human being vaginally will forever change a woman's anatomy — for better or worse. For one woman who gave birth to 10 and 12-pound babies, the alterations were noticeable. Wanting to regain her prebaby bod, she consulted surgeon David Matlock. The two appeared on The View and discussed the reasons for and results of the procedure. All in a day's work, Dr. Matlock performed surgery Read more
