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Birth and Postpartum Articles
All About Birthing | Planning for Birth | What You May Be Feeling | The Big Day | First Few Days After Birth | Postpartum Period | Birth Stories
Learn about Birthing Labor & Birth Terms to Know Signs of Labor Stages of childbirth: Stage I Starting Dilation . how far away is labor? What if I have a c-sec? What window does my due date have?
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The Birthing Process
Labor & Birth Terms to Know
What's the due date mean?
When is my "real" due date?
What window does my due date have?
Stages of Childbirth: Stage I
Stages of Childbirth: Stage II
Stages of Childbirth: Stage III
Mucus Plug: Bloody Show
What is a mucus plug?
Will labor start when I lose my mucus plug?
Do you dilate before effacing?
Starting Dilation . how far away is labor?
Signs of labor
False Labor
Effacement
Crowning
Inducing Labor
Evening primrose 0il - does it ripen the cervix?
How can I ripen my cervix?
Inducing labor
Is It okay to use blue cohosh?
M Meet the midwife: Natural Labor Induction
Should she ask to be induced?
What is pitocin (Oxytocin)?
Will black cohosh help start labor?
Will this help labor get started?
Complication of Labor
Assisted delivery
Breech presentation
Episiotomy
Group B Strep Infection: GBS
Group B strep questions
Placental abruption
Placenta accreta
Placental problems
Rh factor
Rh Incompatibility and Why You Need RhoGAM
VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Section)
Worried about placenta previa
C-Sections
Cesarean section
C-sections
C-section: What's age got to do with it?
"Failure to progress"
What if I have a c-sec?
Will another c-section be necessary?
Questions about Labor
Am I in the first stages of labor? If so, what can I do?
Can I expect my next birth to be like the last?
Can you explain the term "slow labor?"
Can you not know when your water breaks?
Checking cervix for dilation
Effaced but not in labor? Why not?
How can I avoid an episiotomy?
Should I time these contractions?
Tips to turn my twins from breech
What are the odds having a premature babies in subsequent births?
Will cryosurgery prevent vaginal birth?
Will I carry to term with uterine irritability
What are the benefits of red raspberry leaf for labor and delivery?
What are the pros and cons of IV fluids during labor?
What causes this burning feeling during contractions?
What do you do if you're Strep B positive?
What does it mean to have a soft cervix?
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What are your options? 10 questions to ask about childbirth Looking into childbirth classes Birthing choices: Care providers and labor locations Understanding your rights during labor and delivery Pregnancy and childbirth with the Alexander Technique Hypnosis for childbirth: What is it and does it work?
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Preparing for Labor
10 questions to ask about childbirth
Alternative birthing and tricare
Basic questions about the big day
Understanding your rights during labor and delivery
Biggest fear is the actual birth?
Birth bag tips and checklist
Birthing choices: Care providers and labor locations
Birthing positions
Bradley Method of Childbirth
Choosing the birth experience you want
Water Birth
Choosing and interviewing a doula
Do I have to have another c-section?
Episiotomy
Exercises to prepare for childbirth
Giving birth naturally: techniques to use
Help your baby breastfeed before it's even born
How can I avoid an episiotomy?
Home birth
Hypnosis for childbirth: What is it and does it work?
Inducing labor
Is 35 weeks too late to change providers?
Is a doula for me?
Labor and delivery
Labor & birth terms to know
Lamaze Method of Childbirth
Looking into childbirth classes
Natural Childbirth FAQ
Perineal massage
Picking your hospital and doctor
Positive self-image: Preparing for birth
Pregnancy and childbirth with the Alexander Technique
Preparing to go to the hospital
Signs and symptoms of labor
Signs of labor
The in-utero constraint technique
Tips to turn my twins from breech
Using narcotics for pain relief during childbirth
Water birth
What are the benefits of red raspberry leaf?
What can I do to shorten my next labor?
What if I have a c-sec?
What will encourage a posterior baby to turn?
When should I pack my hospital bag?
Where is the best place to give birth?
Your hospital stay after birth
Hynpnobirth
Hypnosis for childbirth: What is it and does it work?
Hypnosis for childbirth
Hypnosis for childbirth: You're in charge!
Hypnobirth Tip #1: Getting started
Hypnobirth Tip #2: Your bubble of peace
Hypnobirth Tip#3: Why create a birth plan
Hypnobirth Tip#4: A sample birth plan
Hypnobirth Tip #5: Laboring at home
Hypnobirth Tip #6: Do I need a doula?
Hypnobirth Tip #7: What to do in early labor
Hypnobirth Tip #8: Getting everything you want
Hypnobirth Tip #9: Your birthing choices 1-3
Hypnobirth Tip #10: Your birthing choices 4-6
Hypnobirth Tips #11: Your birthing choices 7-9
Learning all about hypnosis for childbirth
Learn more about hypnobirthing - chat transcript
Homebirth
Home birth
Is a homebirth safe with vaginal varicose veins?
Homebirth: Who to invite
Birthing Center
Birth Centers
What is the cost of delivery at your birthing center?
Can you help me find a birthing center?
Hospital Birth
Picking your hospital and doctor
Questions to ask your hospital
Natural Childbirth FAQ
Are Vaginal Exams in Pregnancy Necessary?
What is the best anesthesia for a C section?
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What You May Be Feeling Last weeks' anxieties Men and fatherhood: Pregnancy and birth Newborn niceties Positive self-image: Preparing for birth Relinquishing a baby for adoption The men's guide to fatherhood in the womb
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How a baby changes the couple's relationship
Last weeks' anxieties
Labor Day - and I don't mean the holiday!
Newborn niceties
Positive self-image in the childbearing year
Positive self-image: Preparing for birth
Relinquishing a baby for adoption
Pregnancy and birth are sexy? You bet!
The men's guide to fatherhood in the womb
Men and fatherhood: Pregnancy and birth
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The Big Day! Birthing positions Giving birth naturally: Techniques to use Your arrival at the hospital What to do in early labor What to expect when the baby crowns Meeting your newborn
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What To Expect...
During early labor
Your arrival at the hospital
During transition
The baby's crowning
The first hour postpartum
You first meet your newborn
Information
What to do in early labor
Laboring at home
Relieving pain during labor
Using narcotics for pain relief during childbirth
Epidural anesthesia
A men's guide to the delivery room
Dad doesn't want in the delivery room
Giving birth naturally: Techniques to use
The men's guide to fatherhood in the womb
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The First Few Days Cesarean section: Recovery tips Managing your energy after childbirth The emotional rollercoaster of new parenthood The first day home - baby and dog The first month of fatherhood Tops tips for new moms
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The emotional rollercoaster of new parenthood
Tops tips for new moms
The nursing mothers diet
Your Body
Rh Incompatibility and Why You Need RhoGAM
Coping with the pain (perineum swelling, episiotomies & tears)
Managing your energy after childbirth
Physical Facts and Comfort Measures, Birth to 6 Weeks
Emotional Changes From Birth to 6 Weeks
Looking ahead: Your hospital stay after birth
Early Difficulties Breastfeeding
Nursing after a C-section
Nursing tips for after a cesarean
Cesarean Section: Recovery tips
Meeting Your Baby
Your Child's First Test: The APGAR
Meeting your newborn
Newborn niceties
Life With Baby
Babywearing Made Simple
First-Born Jealousy
Handling Unwanted Advice
Issues with Relatives
The first day home: Baby and dog
The first month of fatherhood
What to expect at your baby's first doctor's appointment
When do mothers of new babies bathe?
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The Postpartum Period Coping with the pain Cesarean section: Recovery tips Exercising after the first month postpartum Managing your energy after childbirth Early breastfeeding difficulties Postpartum blues
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Making the Transition
Breastfeeding -- starting out right
Coping with the pain (perineum swelling, episiotomies & tears)
Early Difficulties Breastfeeding
Emotional Changes From Birth to 6 Weeks
Hemorrhoids
Looking ahead: Your Hospital Stay After Birth
Managing your energy after childbirth
Physical facts and comfort measures, birth to 6 weeks
Post Partum Hair Loss: Am I going bald?
Preventing low back pain with ease and simplicity
Swollen feet after delivery?
Vaginal sensation gone since episiotomy
Why would I be bleeding after 2 months?
After a cesarean
Cesarean section: Recovery tips
Nursing after a C-section
Nursing tips for after a cesarean
Resuming activities
After baby arrives, can routines just go back to normal?
Exercising after the first month postpartum
Today's Family Man: "Intimacy in a postpartum world"
Too soon to travel?
When can I return to work, and when can I start having sex again?
When can you start exercising after birth?
Fitness & Nutrition
Mom-Friendly Fitness Workouts: Getting Back in Shape
Nutrition, Exercise, and Weight Loss While Breastfeeding
When can you start exercising after birth?
Exercising after the first month postpartum
Can I get rid of this "mother's apron"?
Will My Body Ever Be the Same?
Mom-Friendly Fitness Workouts: Getting Back in Shape
Nutrition, Exercise, and Weight Loss While Breastfeeding
Postpartum Depression
A Mother's Heart
Allison's PPD Story
Antidepressants and nursing
Jill's PPD Story
Michele's PPD Story
The mother's load: A journey into postpartum depression
Even Brooke Shields had post-partum depression
Post Partum Depression: Information for husbands and families
Postpartum blues
Postpartum Depression: Things you can do to feel better
Postpartum Depression: Tips for talking with your doctor
Surviving Postpartum Depression First Hand
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Birth Stories, Journals & Essays Alex's Birth Story Hannah's Birth Mason's Birth Story Meet the midwife: Cindy's birthstory Nurses don't have to take the Hippocratic Oath Twins! Their birth
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A Home Hypnobirth: John and Margaret
A natural, unmedicated, mid-wife assisted birth
Alesia & Kendall's Hypnobirth Story
Alex's Birth Story
An Emergency C-section
Bad Experience With a Happy Ending
Five Alarm Birth
Hannah's Birth
Hatching Catherine
Home-Birth Story of Lewis Harwood Kerr
In the Course of a Year
Justin's Birth Story
Lauren Elizabeth's Home Birth Story
Lynn's Birthstories
Mason's Birth Story
Meet the midwife: Cindy's birthstory
My angel, sky
My Miracle....My Son!
My Preemie Son -- A Big Journey
Nolan's Birth
Not what I expected, but definitely worth it
Nurses don't have to take the Hippocratic Oath
Robinna's Home Birth Story
Show and Tell
Stay-at-Home Birth with Jackson
Tales from the delivery room
The Birth of Seven Children
The Loss of my Son and the Joy of my Daughter
Things NOT to do on the Way to the Hospital
Today's Family Man: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
To Josiah: Your Birthday
Twins! Their Birth
Valerie and Josef's Hypnobirth Story
Welcome Caspar: A Homebirth Story
Welcoming a Baby With Special Needs
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The day is coming or already has for your new little one! We hope that you have great births and everyone is healthy! In this last stage of pregnancy you're looking for information on childbirth, and also how to take care of yourself postpartum, or in plain English, after your baby arrives. We're always adding more content to this area, so keep coming back! Are you an expert or have expertise in this category? If you are or have written articles, 
