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The Story of My Son’s Birth

This chapter describes the personal story of the birth of the author’s son. She describes the onset of Braxton Hicks contractions, which are mild pre-labor contractions that can occur anytime during pregnancy, and then the onset of actual labor. Her experience of labor pain, epidural anesthesia, and the birth process itself is documented, as is the safe delivery of her healthy son. The author reminds readers that it is good to have a birth plan but, in pregnancy and birth, things often don’t work out as planned and that the ultimate goal is always to safely deliver a healthy child.