POSTS WITH TAG: labor & delivery

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    As moms, we know how stressful giving birth is, you know, because a tiny human being makes its way out of your body and all. For some of us, the process can be pretty traumatic -- even to the point where we can't help replaying scenes from the labor and delivery ward over and over again in our minds.

    But after hearing that some dads experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after witnessing their wives delivering their babies, it's clear that some fathers are just as affected by the birthing process as we are -- if not even more so.

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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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    OMG. This story is SO gonna give you chills. In what has to be about a once in a blue moon thing -- two brothers welcomed babies about an hour apart at the very same hospital in Long Island.

    When Nick Pereira arrived at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola with his wife, Beth, he texted his brother Dave Pereira to let him know they were about to welcome their second child into the world. And the response he got from his brother was most definitely not what he was expected. Dave told him that he and his wife, Claudia, had already been in the labor and delivery ward for a couple of hours. (Crazy, right?)

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    Giving birth can be a bit of a stressful experience, and that's why it's so important to have the support and comfort of someone you trust when bringing your baby into the world.

    And two pregnant sisters from New Hampshire took that support to a whole new level when they delivered their babies just two hours apart and welcomed them in rooms right next door to each other in the maternity ward.

    If the notion of them giving birth so close together isn't amazing enough, wait until you hear the lengths one of them went to in order to make sure the other's delivery was as calm and stress-free as possible.

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    We have seen women give birth in some crazy places for sure. In cars, in stores, on airplanes, and even at their own weddings. I honestly thought we'd heard it all ... until now.

    Apparently, a woman recently gave birth on motorbike ... while she was riding it. She reportedly didn't even notice the baby being born and "zoomed off over the horizon in a cloud of dust," according to the Jakarta Post.

    The baby reportedly landed on the road in Bangkok, and a female passenger in a bus driving behind, Ancharee Mookta, saw it and had the driver stop. She picked up the baby and gave it to another motorcyclist who rushed the baby to the hospital.

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    Holy cow. Have you heard about the British mom who gave birth to a 15-pound, 7-ounce baby boy a few weeks ago? No, I'm not kidding. Much to his parents' surprise, baby George King made his entrance into the world weighing in at a whopping 15 pounds, 7 ounces -- and he's believed to be the second largest baby delivered vaginally in the U.K.

    Whoops! I probably should've mentioned that part first -- George's mom, Jade, gave birth to him the old-fashioned way. As in she pushed him out -- all 15 pounds, 7 ounces of him.

    OMG.

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    There are some pregnant women so worried about a vaginal birth that they just want to request a c-section. This does happen -- 2.5 percent of births in the US are mother-requested cesareans with no medical reason. It's fear. Some are so scared of birth, so scared of what having a baby is going to do to their lady parts and sex life, so scared of the "pain" that they think a cesarean is the better option. Generally speaking, it's not. It's major surgery. It has risks for mom and baby.

    The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is now saying that a requested c-section by the mother should not be performed unless there is medical reason. I think what is needed here is more education about child birth and finding a way to take away women's fears because there shouldn't be the thought that vaginal birth is that terrible that surgery is preferred. I also want these moms-to-be in this 2.5 percent to have a doula and a massage every week.

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    She and Kanye West definitely seem to have some sort of love affair with the City of Light, and that's why I guess none of us should be too surprised that Kim Kardashian may give birth in Paris.

    Where? Paris? Isn't that kind of far away from Mama Kris and the rest of the Kardashian crew? (Maybe that's the point.)

    Believe it or not, this isn't just another random Kimye rumor. It was Kim herself who told ET, "We're thinking of having the baby in Paris, maybe. We’re still deciding."

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    Never let it be said that Kimye ever let herself be out-done by Beyonce. Remember when Bey took over a wing of Lenox Hill Hospital to birth baby Blue Ivy? Well, a source says Kim Kardashian will rent a hospital floor to have her baby. Everything will be SO PERFECT for the Kimye baby, and if they have to take over a whole hospital floor, everybody move out!

    According to the source, Kim's birthing room will be sound-proofed. All outside noises and "influences" will be blocked. There will be mood lighting, and "the sounds of nature will be reflected with trickling water and soothing wind." Angels will beat their wings softly in a corner while a unicorn breathes golden energy sparkles into the room. (Okay, I'm just guessing about that last part.)

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    I have a confession to make. Birth scenes have always given me the heebie-jeebies. I have a difficult time reading about them (actually, I skip through them) or watching them on TV (actually, I leave the room). So I could empathize with what these two young guys went through. The two men filmed themselves watching a four-minute birth video. And the results are hilarious. And cringe-worthy.

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