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Natural birth in lukewarm water is said to be therapeutic for both Mom and baby.92

Delivering Your Baby: Epidural or Natural?

Choosing between natural childbirth or controlling pain utilizing an epidural. Pros and cons of each scenario from a woman who's experienced both.

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From the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia Online86

Nine Months Pregnant and You Want Me To Do WHAT?

What does a heated cigar, a bag of freezer-burned vegetables, sticking your bottom in the air, and diving in a pool of water have in common with 9-month pregnant momma? Read on and find out.

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Photo by Barbabra Backyard81

birth in water

A universal statement for a woman who has had one waterbirth is that she would "never give birth in any other way". The experience of giving birth in water gives woman the feeling of capability and confidence...

10 comments    family parenting birth
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Natural Ways To Induce Labor

Expectant mothers can opt for an entirely natural birth process, even if labor induction is necessary to ensure the safety of the mother or the baby. Natural labor induction options have become more common in...

0 comments    pregnancy natural childbirth
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Top 5 Black Stand Up Comedians

I was putting together a list of my favorite Top 5 Comedians Ever when I noticed a small problem (of sorts); everyone on it was black. And male. Now, it's not that there aren't white, Asian or other comedians...

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Photo by The Picture People. I was 36 weeks along with Gavin. 74

The Miracle of Waterbirth

Photo by The Picture People. I was 36 weeks along with Gavin. When I was pregnant with my daughter in 2001, I did an enormous amount of research on what kind of birth I wanted. It was then that I stumbled...

10 comments    family parenting baby
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A Labor of Love- how much does it have to hurt?

The pain of labor and childbirth is, as a great relief to men everywhere, something only women can experience, and for each woman, and each child she has, that experience will always be a highly personal...

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Hathor the Cow Goddess cartoons illustrate Birth in its Beauty www.thecowgoddess.com71

How to Have the Birth of Your Dreams

Women everywhere choose to become mothers through a process we have termed Birth. Of course it starts with sex, then conception, followed with pregnancy, but the actualization of all of the preceding is Birth.

12 comments    life how parenting
... can be a bomb waiting to explode. Some are deadly. (public domain)78

Epidurals and Narcotics During Labor - Yes or No?

There are many styles of childbirth in America and the world and choices to be made -- Pain controlling medications may or may not be your best choice.

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Childbirth is a Natural Process78

How to Prepare for Natural Childbirth

As I planned this hub, I had to make a decision: I could either make this personal and express my feelings throughout the hub in a subjective manner, or I could be entirely objective and pass on information...

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