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Does a vaginal delivery with your first birth predict the outcome for a second delivery? It can! byAimee GardenMay 2, 2026
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August 5, 2025 My Positive Hospital Birth Story, Part I My last hospital experience was the opposite of a positive birth story byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN
April 22, 2025 Birthing the placenta: the third stage of labor Should you opt for active, mixed, or expectant management? byMadison Ayers
October 8, 2024 Why are black women more likely to have unnecessary C-sections? Medical necessity isn't the only driver of C-sections byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN
October 8, 2024 What the data from 1 million births says about your likelihood of having a C-section NBER report finds black women’s C-section rates outstrip anyone else’s byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN
August 17, 2024 Why labor often starts at night: The psychology of labor and birth What does an ideal birth environment look like? byKaitlyn Kulda
July 30, 2024 “Birth can be traumatic, and birth can be healing:” A tale of two birth stories Birth trauma didn't have the last word byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN
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