Childbirth is not a competitive sport.
We live in a society that is permeated by competition. We compete on the jobsite, in school, and with our next door neighbors(keeping up with the Joneses). Our television shows involve people competing over more serious things like dating prospects and marriage partners to seemingly more benign competitions over [...]
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Michelle Duggar is expecting her 18th child.
You may have heard of the Duggar family before: they live in Arkansas and have done several specials for the Discovery Channel on their family. Jim Bob Duggar was a car salesman, a politician and a realtor. Michelle is a full time mother and currently homeschools [...]
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I had epidurals during both of my labors. The first labor I planned on doing everything completely natural – or as natural as you can get in a hospital surrounded by medical staff – but when the time came for my second baby to be born I had no qualms about it. If [...]
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Childbirth is a bit of a blur for me. I do remember it hurting a lot, and I do remember how grateful I was when it was time for the epidural, but other than that I have a hard time recalling the actual schedule of events from both times I was in labor. I read somewhere that it’s common for women to forget the pain and such from labor because if we remembered we would[...]
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When I was in labor with my son I lost a lot of blood. The same thing happened with my daughter?for one reason or another my placenta got stuck and the doctors had to go in and retrieve it. Yes, I said doctors (plural) as opposed to doctor because at one point I think I had three doctors standing there taking turns, frantically trying to retrieve my placenta. This was all while my poor husband stood there, mouth agape, wondering…
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