At the beginning of a pregnancy, it can be very difficult to determine if you are pregnant or not. In my case, this was not my first child, so I knew exactly what early pregnancy symptoms to look for. The first one is an obvious one, which is when you miss your period. It is ...
When sitting in the hospital bed and feeling horrible shooting pains called contractions all some women can only think about is having an epidural. I myself am one of those women. Two years ago I had a beautiful baby girl, she was my first baby so I was a bit nervous about going to the ...
When I was pregnant with my first two children I experienced a lot of false contractions, also known as braxton hicks contractions, late in my pregnancy. I had cesareans with my first two children, but delivered vaginally with my third. Prior to my youngest child’s birth, however, I didn’t know how to tell the difference ...
Symptoms of premature child birth are not always obvious, even to the doctor. If you are experiencing some of these symptoms your doctor may attribute them to normal pregnancy symptoms, not as signs of early child birth. It is important to pay attention to every little cue the body is giving you during pregnancy. Those ...
For many women who are pregnant for the first time, going into labor will just happen out of the blue by having their water break.That can be a very scary experience if the woman is alone. A woman may be in labor for a few hours without even knowing it. There are a few signs ...
Your body may begin to prepare for labor as early as one month before you actually give birth. It is likely that you won’t have any clue that this is happening. Many of the changes are either too subtle to notice or cannot be identified without a vaginal exam. You may experience these things days ...
It can be a time of great anxiety, the weeks and days leading up to delivery. Pregnant women worry about many things during the course of pregnancy but one thing that many pregnant women share is the worry that they will miss the early signs of labor and are unprepared for birth. They may worry ...
Throughout the entire experience of being pregnant, there are many emotions and anticipations about what you’re going through. Knowing this, it is easy to understand why the last few weeks of a pregnancy can be the hardest to deal with mentally. Women who fear the pain of labor will start second-guessing every bodily sensation, wondering ...
I was due to give birth to my first child, a son, on March 6th, 2004. By the time March 8th rolled around I was extremely impatient and ready to meet my little boy! My mom came to Wisconsin from Minnesota to be a help to my husband and I and to sort of distract ...
Many pregnant women are affected by what is known as silent labor. Silent labor is when a woman is in labor, but does not feel the pain of the contractions. Most pregnant women that go into labor can feel their contractions. They feel the tightening of their belly and the baby pushing down. The contractions ...
