Baby Week BABY WEEK Tune In All Week! The Duggar Family Deliver Me I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant Pregnancy Center Why Women Don't Know They're Pregnant What No One Tells You About Labor! Forums BlogHer Moms' Birth Stories MomsLikeMe Celebrity Baby Names   BlogHer Guest Moms Celebrate Baby Week!   BlogHer.com and Discovery Health have joined forces to celebrate Baby Week. We'll be talking everything from risky deliveries, multiple multiples... and even some women who didn't know they were pregnant! Check out these BlogHer moms' birth stories that will make you laugh, cry, and thank your lucky stars that THAT did not happen to YOU.   Angela T Heck, I've been through 20 hours of labor and you want me to recover from that and...   Catherine Connors Let me tell you: there is nothing funny about racing toward a hospital that seems...   Erin Kotecki Vest I would be one of those women who died in childbirth way back when...   FireMom From unplanned pregnancy to life-threatening complications...   Jennifer Murray Minutes later, four tiny, yet perfect little bodies entered the world. It was over...or was it?   jenB My biggest fear about labour was having a panic or anxiety attack, more than...   Jenifer Monroe I had a big contraction and threw up in the little plastic bowl I was holding...   Jenny Lauck Our baby emerged with wide open eyes and a startled look. No doubt she was feeling...   Jessica Bauer My midwife told me to reach down and grab my baby.  I reached down with one arm and...   Julie Feinstein Adams In a slow, relaxed voice, I reported the pain to others to keep them apprised...   Karen Walrond I wasn't nervous, because they seemed pretty calm. And just as I was wondering if...   Leah It wasn't until I looked down to see my arm covered with blood and bandaids... Lena Lotsey I think somehow I knew when I found out I was pregnant that I would barely make it out alive.   Lindsay Ferrier This is my wife," my husband said, introducing me. "This half-naked hot air balloon..."   Lisa Weber It's as though every week is baby week in Hollywood, with pregnancies and births...   MckMama Being pregnant for 42 weeks, laboring for four days and then pushing my son out...   Morra Aarons Mele My ankles were so swollen I could barely wear socks. I had eggplant caponata...   Pretty Lady The anaesthesiologist said, "we usually don't use this one, because it causes hallucinations..."   Renee Ross I was pregnant but my hormone levels were low. The week that followed was like...   Sassy Lawyer But the stork is a myth and every mother knows that pregnancy and childbirth are...   Shannon Lowe My husband realized that when a normally well-mannered Southern woman grabs your...   Suz Steece I continued to lay there...weeping, while Joe got up and watched the doctors...   Y They took turns asking questions. "How long will it take?" "How bad will it hurt?"    facebook share0 Tweet stumbleupon share digg share reddit share

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