Engage parents with personal birth stories.
From first contractions through birth, follow five women as they become new mothers. This diverse collection of birth stories shares personal experiences and emotions, emphasizes the importance of support people, and shows a variety of birth situations. Each intimate story offers a realistic view of common hospital births, while highlighting the benefits of skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding.
Births Include:
~ Vaginal birth 每 Natasha and Orion use natural comfort techniques before augmentation and choosing an analgesic
~ Epidural birth 每 Jackie and Kevin have a long latent phase of labor before getting an epidural
~ Vaginal twins birth 每 Heather and Bill deliver twins vaginally with an epidural
~ Natural birth 每 Elana and Tim use a variety of comfort techniques and positions to have an unmedicated birth
~ Induced epidural birth 每 Lea, a single mom, is induced and tries several comfort techniques before getting an epidural
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