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A newborn baby with wet hair rests on a mother's bare chest for skin-to-skin contact after birth.

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Whether your birth plan is color-coded within an inch of its life or you’re planning to wing it entirely, birth is unpredictable, intense, and honestly kind of incredible. Here’s what happens from people who’ve been through it.

Hypnobirthing: My Pain-free Delivery Story A woman smiling in a hospital bed holding a newborn baby next to another woman wearing a grey cardigan.Birth StoriesBirthLabor & Delivery

Hypnobirthing: My Pain-free Delivery Story

I grew up with my mom telling me how excruciating it was for her to…
Monica GOctober 15, 2020
5 Reasons to Create a Birth Plan, Even Though Birth Never Actually Goes to Plan Top-down view of a pregnant person sitting on a bed and writing in a blank notebook with a blue pen.Birth Plans & ClassesPregnancy

5 Reasons to Create a Birth Plan, Even Though Birth Never Actually Goes to Plan

Ok, you’re pregnant Great! You managed to get the baby in there, but what’s your…
Kate HoganOctober 8, 2020
How to Prepare for a Planned C Section Smiling mother behind a surgical drape meeting her newborn baby for the first time during a C-section.C-SectionBirth Plans & Classes

How to Prepare for a Planned C Section

Whether you’re planning to have a C section for medical or personal reasons, the preparation…
Kayla YoungSeptember 5, 2020
Surprise Twins Are Apparently a Thing That Happens Now A woman in a birthing tub looks shocked while holding two newborn babies wrapped in blankets.Birth StoriesBirthHospital & Home BirthLabor & Delivery

Surprise Twins Are Apparently a Thing That Happens Now

Surprise twins? Yes, you read that right. A viral post currently making the rounds on…
Amy MorrisonJuly 31, 2020
23 Ways to Turn a Breech Baby Naturally Pregnant woman sitting on a yoga mat in a brightly lit room while her black French Bulldog stretches in front of her.Third TrimesterBirthLabor & Delivery

23 Ways to Turn a Breech Baby Naturally

So just to simplify, breech is when your baby is bum down and not head…
Amy MorrisonJuly 24, 2020
Reassuring Words About Giving Birth in a Crisis Close-up of a woman in a medical mask holding a newborn baby against her chest in a hospital setting.Birth StoriesBirthFears & QuestionsLabor & Delivery

Reassuring Words About Giving Birth in a Crisis

I asked readers who had given birth in a less than ideal situation if they…
Amy MorrisonMarch 31, 2020
When Did Women Start Lying Down to Give Birth? A pregnant woman in a hospital gown lies in a delivery bed with her eyes closed during labor.BirthHospital & Home BirthLabor & Delivery

When Did Women Start Lying Down to Give Birth?

Although they may not know the term, any television viewer can recognize the lithotomy position:…
Amy MorrisonFebruary 4, 2020
How to Choose the Right Care Provider for Your Birth Pregnant person holding their belly while a healthcare provider in a white coat takes notes on a clipboard.Health & SafetyBirth Plans & Classes

How to Choose the Right Care Provider for Your Birth

Getting that positive pregnancy test is often exhilarating – and then reality hits. One of…
Amy MorrisonOctober 10, 2019
I Finally Found an Excellent Birth Course: and It’s All Online A smiling man and woman sit together on a gray sofa looking at a laptop computer.Birth Plans & Classes

I Finally Found an Excellent Birth Course: and It’s All Online

I am approached to review birth classes A LOT. I’ve listened to a number of…
Amy MorrisonApril 1, 2019
How Painful is Childbirth? Women share the good, the bad, and the downright hilarious A woman with wet hair leans forward during labor in a hospital room.BirthC-Section

How Painful is Childbirth? Women share the good, the bad, and the downright hilarious

Wondering how painful childbirth will be is totally normal. Answering the question of just how…
Amy MorrisonMarch 11, 2019
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