Doctors ventilated her baby before she was fully delivered in order to save her life. Elianna is now 3 months old and headed to day care soon. I started having contractions about two minutes apart ...

Late last year, Fantasia revealed that she was expecting her third child with husband Kendall Taylor. Only six months into her pregnancy, the singer recently shared that she has been hospitalized ...

In HuffPost Birth Diaries we hear the extraordinary stories of the everyday miracle of birth. This week, Eva Katona, 40, shares her story. If you’d like to share yours, email amy.packham@huffpost.com.

Very few women would describe giving birth as a "comfortable" experience, and for many people, contractions are one of the first signs that you're about to go through something pretty painful – labor.

Shannen Krahn, 31, was at home with her almost-2-year-old son, Max, in Madison on the night of Sept. 15. She was just a week ...

It's no secret that childbirth has a reputation for being incredibly painful. But the general consensus is that the excruciating pain is worth it thanks to the reward at the end - aka meeting the mini ...

My entire pregnancy was easy. Sure, in the first trimester, I was exhausted, but morning sickness wasn’t even a thing for me. I enjoyed the miracle of growing a baby in my belly and watching my body ...

"As the eclipse was becoming more intense, so were my contractions," Jamie Otis tells PEOPLE exclusively of her experience before welcoming daughter Henley Melody Chiu is an Executive Editorial ...

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WAILUKU — Ofa Savou and Paula Bloomfield were ready to sleep in and relax after a late night of New Year’s Eve celebrations, but their baby boy had other plans. Savou woke up with contractions early ...

In HuffPost Birth Diaries we hear the extraordinary stories of the everyday miracle of birth. This week, Izzy Fox, 28, shares her story. I didn’t stop pooing during birth. I knew that would happen. I ...