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Parenting & Pregnancy > Childbirth & Labor Memoirs: Birth stories

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As the birth date of our first child was growing nearer and my protruding belly larger, my fears about childbirth also grew. Not having my mother alive to share in such a wonderful and life altering event, I was left to rely on my mother-in-law for her sage advice on childbirth.

Living in a rural area in Nova Scotia, a little under an hour to Halifax, I was aware that timing was to play a huge part in this event. I had been seeing my OB/GYN in Halifax for the past 8 and a half months of my pregnancy and she had politely informed that when my contractions were 7 minutes apart I should h...

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