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On The Birth Hour blog, listen to and read all types of birth stories from women all over the world. The blog has been featuring homebirths, cesareans, natural births, preemie births, and more. Follow this blog to read every type of birth story & info to get you started!
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2d ago
Zoe’s birth story starts in 2019 when her wife went through IVF in order to get pregnant with their first baby who was born in 2020. Alyce made being pregnant and giving birth look so good that Zoe decided to carry the next one. She had pretty much the opposite experience. After getting pregnant with ..read more
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1w ago
After two first-trimester pregnancy losses, Dawn was ecstatic to have a healthy pregnancy. At 20 weeks, her MFM identified a birth defect in her baby’s brain, resulting in the difficult decision to have a D&E at 21 weeks and 6 days. Eventually Dawn turned to IVF, resulting in the birth of her daughter, Kaia June, in ..read more
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1w ago
After an anxious pregnancy due to a prior birth injury and challenging first labor, Carolyn had a beautiful and gentle second birth at 40+5 days. Her water started leaking at 40+2, and after three days of patience and gentle induction techniques, active labor moved quickly and she happily surprised herself by birthing unmedicated in an extremely ..read more
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2w ago
Averi had an uneventful pregnancy and was preparing for an unmedicated hospital birth, until she was induced at 41 weeks and 3 days. After 12 hours of pitocin and only dilating 3 cm, she got an epidural but felt empowered by being prepared and having the chance to make choices throughout her labor. Ultimately, after ..read more
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3w ago
After about 2 weeks of prodromal labor, Kaely went into “real” labor at 40 weeks 6 days just as her midwife arrived back in town. Her 31 hour labor was full of many unexpected challenges from back labor to a cervical lip and a nuchal hand. Kaely gave birth to a healthy baby boy in ..read more
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1M ago
Danielle’s pregnancy was marked by a surprise diagnosis of Cervical insufficiency at 20 weeks during her anatomy scan where they found she was beginning to dilate. The MFM providers gave her a 30-60% chance of delivering preterm, anytime between 20 and 34 weeks and explained it was likely due to her hypermobility disorder (EDS). She was ..read more
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1M ago
Katie returns to the Birth Hour for a second time to share the birth story of her third daughter. At exactly 40 weeks pregnant, Katie went into labor and gave birth at home with the same midwife and doula team that supported her previous birth. After an emotionally difficult pregnancy, this birth was fast, calm ..read more
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1M ago
Molly and her husband always wanted children, so after a year of traveling they settled back down in Austin and prepared for their next stage of parenthood. Molly was blessed with a physically healthy pregnancy, and, as a hobby marathon runner, treated pregnancy like a training cycle with a physiological birth being the end goal ..read more
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1M ago
Rachel moved to France when she was six months pregnant and had to quickly learn to navigate a new healthcare system in a new language to get ready to welcome her first child. Her water broke prematurely at 36 weeks and she spent about 10 days in a French public hospital waiting to go into ..read more
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1M ago
Josie birthed three girls. Her birth journey began with unexplained infertility. During the season of infertility, the Clark family still managed to grow through fostering a son. The OB Josie worked with discovered an intrauterine polyp. She performed a polypectomy, followed by a successful IUI. Despite some red flags in the relationship with the OB ..read more