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    There is no pain greater than the devastation of losing a child, which is something one mom from the U.K. knows all too well. Gemma Schollick, a mother of three, was beyond heartbroken in 2010 when her baby girl, who she had carried full-term, died in utero and was stillborn.

    Gemma and the baby's father had planned on calling her Amelia, and you can only imagine their horror upon finding out she did not have a heartbeat and had lost her life in the womb.

    And even though the loss of the baby was almost too much to bear, Gemma and her (now) husband decided to start trying for another child as soon as possible.

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    If you aren't the type of person who believes in miracles, you may just wind up changing your mind after hearing what I'm about to tell you. A woman was declared dead at a hospital in Kuwait after suffering cardiac arrest. Since she was nine months pregnant, doctors immediately performed a C-section to get her unborn baby out in time.

    They successfully delivered a baby boy, who weighed in at 6.8 pounds. At that point, they decided to try and revive the mother one more time -- and that's when something amazing happened.

    She came back to life after the birth.

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    Should pregnant women smoke? Absolutely not. Research has shown time and again the harmful effects it can have on a developing baby. But should all pregnant women be given breath tests to make sure that they're not lighting up when no one is looking? The answer again -- absolutely not.

    In Britain, however, that's just what they may be doing. According to the Telegraph, the country's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended that all women be tested during prenatal appointments. Women who are found to have high carbon monoxide levels would be referred to programs to help them quit.

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    Pitocin is too often given to women while at the hospital in labor. Watch almost any mainstream documentary type show on birth and you'll lose count how many times they say "pit." Pitocin is a drug. It's a synthetic hormone meant to mimic your natural oxytocin. We all know that nothing is as good as the real thing. Pitocin gives women more intense and therefore unnatural contractions. It tries to speed the body along in labor when it's not ready, often stalling it, and can lead to a c-section that probably wouldn't have happened if Pitocin was never given in the first place. Natural birth advocates know that there is an evil side to inductions and this drug, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) have finally revealed the truth after an in-depth study.

    Pitcoin is bad. It has adverse effects on newborns. It's dangerous for our babies and puts their health at risk.

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    Wow. Most of us have probably never heard of the phenomenon of "double labor," which occurred in the case of a mom of triplets who delivered two of her babies eight days after the first was born at 26 weeks.

    Sarita and Colin Saltmarsh of Sydney, Australia had conceived the triplets via IVF. On February 28, Sarita went into labor unexpectedly, and gave birth to a baby girl, Yasmin, at her home. Oh, one more thing -- did I mention Colin was the one who wound up helping deliver his daughter when the labor started? (Talk about Superdad.)

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    A little girl from the U.K. owes her life to a team of doctors who wrapped her in ice for three days as a newborn by placing her tiny body in a special cooling bag and bringing her temperature from 98 degrees Fahrenheit down to 95.9 degrees Fahrenheit.

    When Lily Cracknell's mom, Rebecca Hasler, was 36 weeks pregnant, she was diagnosed with preeclampsia. She was taken to the hospital and labor was induced immediately, but when Lily was born at 5 pounds, 13 ounces -- she struggled to breathe for 30 minutes.

    At that point, out of fear of brain swelling due to lack of oxygen, doctors decided they needed to act quickly and bring her temperature down.

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    When a good friend of mine told me that her twin boys were born about 20 hours apart, I was shocked. I had never considered that so much time could elapse after you delivered one baby. Well, as it turns out, that was nothing compared to the time between the births of twins Amy and Katie Elliott, who were born 87 days apart.

    Yes, 87 days after Amy was born, Katie arrived into the world -- that's almost three months later. They have set a world record for the "longest interval between the birth of twins" (the previous record was 84 days), and their story is nothing short of miraculous.

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    In what is truly a medical miracle, a woman who was born without a womb is currently pregnant. In August 2011 she had the world's first successful womb transplant, and now, less than two years later, here she is expecting a child. Amazing. 

    According to Reuters, the 22-year-old Turkish woman, Derya Sert, conceived the baby via IVF. She's currently in good health, and doctors are hoping for the best for her and her baby.

    If she delivers a healthy baby, it will be such a huge milestone for many women. According to the American Free Press, at least 1 in every 5,000 women is born without a womb. With so many conditions that cause infertility, there's at least hope for pregnancy. But without a womb, there is no hope ... or at least there wasn't.

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    Recent news that Halle Berry is pregnant was a big surprise to everyone, including Berry herself, but it's definitely a happy surprise. Her daughter Nahla is adorable, and we can only imagine the gorgeous child she and her fiance Olivier Martinez are going to create.

    As exciting as the news is, however, it's also tinged with a bit of concern due to Berry's age. She doesn't look it, but she's 46, and that means her eggs, and her uterus, and all of her body parts are 46 years old too, no matter how fantastic they look. 

    So what does that mean for her and her baby ... besides the fact that she's going to 64 when the kid graduates high school?

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    I'm sure the linens were much nicer, but beyond that, a woman's recent birth experience in a four-star hotel was anything but ideal. She should have been delivering her baby in the hospital across the street, but they didn't think she was ready. They were wrong.

    According to The Huffington Post, Michelle Booth started feeling contractions one day last month, so she and her partner, Richard Eades, hopped in a taxi and headed to their London hospital, as planned. Only when she got there, a midwife looked her over and said she wasn't dilated far enough and that she should come back when she was in full labor.

    Booth said she felt further along, but they weren't given any other choice than to leave.

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