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What Happens to Baby’s Umbilical Cord After Birth?
What you need to know about this lifeline after you cut the cord.
What To Expect In the 24 Hours After Vaginal Delivery
Because birth is just the beginning.
5 Common Fears About Giving Birth—and How to Cope
It’s natural to worry about giving birth, but take heart—*not* knowing what to expect is much worse than what you can expect.
What Your Baby’s Fetal Position Could Mean for Their Birth
As you draw near the end of the third trimester, your baby’s position will begin to take root—and possibly reshape your delivery plans.
Surrogate Home Birth for Two Fathers
A story of love, perseverance, and pure magic.
Pain Management Options During Labor and Delivery
From unmedicated pain relief to epidurals to anesthesia.
The Different Stages of Labor Pain
From Braxton Hicks to active labor to the urge to push, here’s what you can expect to feel as your baby makes its way into the world.
VBAC: Taking Back Your Birth
Parents often believe the only delivery option after a C-section is a repeat surgery, but that’s not always the case. Attempting a vaginal birth after a cesarean is possible.
Labor and Delivery: Separating Myth From Fact
Probability is definitely on your side when it comes to these common childbirth worries.
How Your Body Prepares for Labor
There’s a lot you can do to get ready for birth, but take comfort in knowing your amazing body does a lot of the heavy lifting on its own.
Gentle C-Sections
This “family-centered” approach offers birthing parents a more meaningful C-section experience.
Why Your Birth Plan Matters
Tips for penning your wishes for the big day—plus what you’ll gain from the process.
The Long-Awaited Birth of Our First Baby
All I wanted was pain meds and to meet my rainbow baby, followed immediately by some Chick-fil-A.
What To Expect When the NICU Team Is in the Delivery Room
Your newborn is in the safest of hands with these specialty providers.
Birthing Class Basics
There’s a lot more to learn than just breathing techniques.
NICU Awareness Month: Indy’s Birth Story
Every September, I am reminded of the strength of my family and my little NICU baby.
The Birth of Our Fourth and Final Baby
After four healthy pregnancies that each stretched beyond 41 weeks, I was happy to cross this long-awaited finish line in more ways than one.
The Golden Hour After Birth
It isn’t a new concept, but more hospitals are catching on to how it promotes bonding and why it should be a standard.
What Happens to Baby’s Umbilical Cord After Birth?
What you need to know about this lifeline after you cut the cord.
What To Expect In the 24 Hours After Vaginal Delivery
Because birth is just the beginning.
5 Common Fears About Giving Birth—and How to Cope
It’s natural to worry about giving birth, but take heart—*not* knowing what to expect is much worse than what you can expect.
What Your Baby’s Fetal Position Could Mean for Their Birth
As you draw near the end of the third trimester, your baby’s position will begin to take root—and possibly reshape your delivery plans.
Surrogate Home Birth for Two Fathers
A story of love, perseverance, and pure magic.
Pain Management Options During Labor and Delivery
From unmedicated pain relief to epidurals to anesthesia.
The Different Stages of Labor Pain
From Braxton Hicks to active labor to the urge to push, here’s what you can expect to feel as your baby makes its way into the world.
VBAC: Taking Back Your Birth
Parents often believe the only delivery option after a C-section is a repeat surgery, but that’s not always the case. Attempting a vaginal birth after a cesarean is possible.
Labor and Delivery: Separating Myth From Fact
Probability is definitely on your side when it comes to these common childbirth worries.
How Your Body Prepares for Labor
There’s a lot you can do to get ready for birth, but take comfort in knowing your amazing body does a lot of the heavy lifting on its own.
Gentle C-Sections
This “family-centered” approach offers birthing parents a more meaningful C-section experience.
Why Your Birth Plan Matters
Tips for penning your wishes for the big day—plus what you’ll gain from the process.
The Long-Awaited Birth of Our First Baby
All I wanted was pain meds and to meet my rainbow baby, followed immediately by some Chick-fil-A.
What To Expect When the NICU Team Is in the Delivery Room
Your newborn is in the safest of hands with these specialty providers.
Birthing Class Basics
There’s a lot more to learn than just breathing techniques.
NICU Awareness Month: Indy’s Birth Story
Every September, I am reminded of the strength of my family and my little NICU baby.
The Birth of Our Fourth and Final Baby
After four healthy pregnancies that each stretched beyond 41 weeks, I was happy to cross this long-awaited finish line in more ways than one.
The Golden Hour After Birth
It isn’t a new concept, but more hospitals are catching on to how it promotes bonding and why it should be a standard.
