Whether you’re expecting your first baby or your sixth, early labor can happen to any woman and any point.
Labor in general can be a scary experience, no matter how many times you have done it before.
For me, I had a c-section so I didn’t have labor pains, but my mother, family members and my friends told me their labor stories to prepare me when I was pregnant with twins.
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Being pregnant is an exciting time for women as they experience the amazing changes that happen with their bodies as they grow a tiny life inside.
It can, however, be a challenging time for a woman’s self-esteem as these changes cause unwanted weight gain and an overall shift in how a woman views her own body.
Rest assured that weight gain during pregnancy is completely normal! Your body needs the extra weight to support the growth of your unborn child.
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You’ve reached the final hour of your pregnancy and your baby is…going nowhere.
You feel like you’ve been pregnant for a thousand years and you’re ready to speed up labor and finally have this baby.
The final days of pregnancy are an exciting and anxious time – you are impatiently waiting to meet your new little one while ready to ditch the huge belly and unpleasant symptoms.
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So you have finally made the decision to have a baby and are wondering how to increase your chances of getting pregnant.
Great!
Now where to start?
The ability to increase your chances of getting pregnant fast has a lot of different contributing factors, some you can and some you can’t control. For me, I had to have intervention (IVF) to increase my chance of getting pregnant.
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No matter how your baby arrives in this world, your body goes through a lot to make it happen.
While vaginal birth does do a number on your body, mothers who have C-sections don’t get to walk away from pain and recovery.
On the contrary, there are special considerations that have to be taken when it comes to healing from a cesarean section.
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Elna is a mom to twins who blogs and writes for a living. She loves all things mom. While she’s not blogging, you can find Elna meal planning, organizing and helping other moms in her Facebook group, Ready Set Blog for Traffic (From Mom to Mompreneur). →