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Going Into Labor

10 Years Ago: A Lifetime and an Instant

Lindsey Mead | Posted 12.25.2012 | Parents
Read More: Tweens, Time-Passing, Mothers and Daughters, Childbirth, Labor, Giving Birth, Going Into Labor, Pregnancy, New Moms, Parents-Moms, Parents News
Lindsey Mead

My daughter turns 10 this week. I'm swimming in a sea of memories of this week ten whole years ago, a week that commenced a season that changed everything for me.

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One Long Week and the Birthing of Our Baby

Justin Cox | Posted 10.21.2012 | Parents
Read More: Parenting, Preeclampsia, Childbirth, Birth, Pregnancy, Newborn, Birthing, Inducing-Labor, Labor, New Parents, Water Birth, Going-Into-Labor, Epidural, Parents News
Justin Cox

The birth she imagined for herself had evaporated into a cloud of tubes and wires -- and now scalpels and anesthesia. As I sat and waited in that hallway, my love for her and our baby really was all-consuming.

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Past Our Due Date, and the Pressure Is OFF

Monica Wyche | Posted 08.25.2012 | Parents
Read More: Theatre, Past Due Date, Pregnant After 40, Going Into Labor in Public, Labor, Pregnant, Going Into Labor, Mom-to-Be, Parents News
Monica Wyche

Husband: "Did you read this NY Times article about this very grown-up, non-baby-related topic?" Me: "No, I haven't seen it. I was busy reading this work of fiction, containing no references whatsoever to childbirth."

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