It’s funny how childbirth happens every day but there’s no 100% preparing a mom-to-be for what she is about to experience.
However, knowledge is power, and the more you educate yourself about the process of labor and delivery, the less scary the entire ordeal will seem.
To help you better prepare for this amazing experience, I’ve put together a list of labor and delivery terms you should know as an expectant mother.
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Are you trying to have a baby but nothing seems to be happening?
Here’s an interesting fact: A woman’s natural fertility rate is about 20% per month. That means for every 100 fertile women trying to get pregnant in one cycle, only 20 will be successful.
While we are biologically designed to make babies, that doesn’t mean it will happen every try.
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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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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). →