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Real Baby and Birth Stories from Real Women

Tasha’s Story: The Birth of Zack

diblog | January 4, 2012

Dear Zack,
Here is the story of your birth.
Peter (Daddy) and Tasha (Mommy) were interested in having a baby, but Mommy lost her period for a year due to a medication she was on, so she was really worried about infertility – she didn’t know what had happened at first. They kept waiting for it come [...]

The Birth of Jenny Rebecca, February 14th, 1972

diblog | May 26, 2010

In the summer of 1971 I was 21. I discovered that I was pregnant.  I was single and had just finished my second year of teaching.  I was visiting my step-brother and his wife in Niagara Falls when I found out.
I knew right away how I was going [...]

Ripley’s Birth – February 6th, 2002

diblog | May 13, 2010

Like many things to do with pregnancy, it’s odd how much women’s stories can help other women more than any of the books out there. I learned that labour doesn’t necessarily happen like in the books – I was four centimetres dilated (beginning of active labour, right books?), but having 2-minute contractions every 2.5 minutes [...]