Short stories: Birth 86 Articles

by Shelly Mcrae

Gina wrapped her arms around her swollen belly, as if to cradle the expanse would prevent the next wave of pain. It did not, and the pain once again overtook her senses and she felt herself separating inside. "Hang on,"...read more

by Ann Moody

It was a warm summer day as they walked hand in hand toward the old brick building on Woodward. It was the first time they had been there, and they were so excited about their appointment. She didn't like her current doc...read more

by Amber Larkins

I didn't ask to be born. I didn't want to be born. I had been in this dark cave my whole life and I was perfectly fine never knowing any different. I loved the comforting echoes that made my whole home vibrate. I loved the...read more

by L. A. Hardt

"Danny's Eyes" Labor progressed as another contraction started and the pain gripped and tightened around my lower back and moved its way forward. Katie, Danny's sister, grabbed my overnight bag as she helped me out to...read more

by Amanda Sims

The Birth Of One The birth of my second child was filled with joy and sorrow. The hospital room was decorated in soothing pink and blue pastel pattern, but it felt cold to me. The epidural could not ease ...read more

by EMSalem

I was born on a windy day. It was raining outside, and the atmosphere was dull and damp. Up until that first moment when I got my first chill, I had been snug as a bug in a rug. I got part of my mother's food and I had not...read more

by Anne Baxter

How can you die one day and ever expect to live again? Mercy stared at the caskets surrounding her, a soft, monotone voice muttering away by her left shoulder. The voice buzzed away like a misquito and she fought the urge ...read more

by Rex Coker

The days were dwindling down , to the birth of our our first born . I was so excited , I had taken a week of vacation , just to be there when she went in to labor . We had already been to the hospital twice the week before...read more

by Karen Appleby

In the Beginning As a blistering inferno licked far inside the winding tunnel, two shadowy figures crouched near the wall in the smoky darkness. Their low whining voices penetrated through the sounds of the roaring flam...read more

by Kerry Wood

Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down the road and this moocow coming down the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo. The nicens little boy had been christened Kerry, but moo...read more

by Raven Shadowwinds

The New Baby One fine spring day, Carol went to school. When she came home, she was expecting Mamma to be there in the kitchen. Mamma was always waiting to listen to her discuss her day over a glass of milk when she c...read more

by Kelly A Willoughby

Short stories: Birth=Nicolas "Yes, Mrs. Hohmann you could be having twins." This was a new doctor for me. My old doctor was just that, old, I mean older in age, older in procedures, older in methods and I had never ha...read more

by Michelle Wastyn

The wait is over! It was a Thursday evening as I sat down to watch television. Not a great fan of television, but in the last couple of months, the left side of my bed and I became great friends and were frequently ente...read more

by Denise Scott

"Damn you," I spat the words at him. I did not care who heard me or what they thought. His face reflected his bewilderment. We reached the car before he asked, "Why am I damned?" "I'm pregnant, it's your fault, and I ...read more

by Vicky Ann Smith

"I can't do this," Lisa screamed. "Car now, hospital," her sister Emma directed. "Don't want to go." "What you going to have that baby here?" Lisa shook her head from her doubled over position. "Then mo...read more

by Jon Coe

My daughter looked at me with much suspicion. Yes, I was here biological father and I suppose I could be trusted? But to a new born, entering the world at less than thirty seconds old, I was the very first person that she ...read more

by Jared Garrett

Waren Mongrat squinted through the cold autumn wind that roared through the pass a few hundred yards ahead of him. Small bits of rock and leaf hit his face as the chilly wind pulled at his cloak and scree tumbled down the ...read more

by c.l.beyer

She was born on a Sunday, in the upstairs of the house on Hickory, with the help of a woman who called herself a midwife. I know people don't have babies at home much anymore, but that's what I had wanted. I couldn't sta...read more

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by D. J. Poe

Gina was eighteen, but very naive. She and her mother were members of a strict religious organization. They lived alone; Gina didn't know who her father was and that was forbidden conversation. The two women attended ch...read more

by Ray Fauteux

There is one thing I am certain of. One thing that I have come to understand over the years that I truly believe many people don't fully comprehend. At birth we are born with a clean slate and the course of our life is ...read more