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Preparing for childbirth and creating your birth plan What to bring to the hospital Labor and delivery Your support team Pain management C-sections Post-delivery bonding After the birth
www.babycenter.com/0_what-i-wish-id-known-about-childbirth_1482561.bc
Upside: Long list of user advice and tips about labor and delivery including what to bring, pain management and cesarean sections
Downside: Click on 'See all on one page' to reduce clicking
What is fetal monitoring? What is electronic fetal monitoring like? Can I choose intermittent monitoring if I'm trying to have a natural childbirth? When is internal monitoring used? What will my ...
www.babycenter.com/0_fetal-monitoring_1451559.bc
Upside: Detailed article on understanding different types of fetal monitoring
Downside: Click on 'See all on one page' to reduce clicking
Stages of labor and delivery: Know what to expect After around 40 weeks of growing and carrying a new life, a pregnant woman's hardest work begins -- the process of labor.
parenting.ivillage.com/pregnancy/plabor/0,,465s,00.html
Upside: Detailed article on the stages of labor
Downside: Expect many click to read entire article
Electronic Fetal Monitoring Keeping tabs on your baby during labor and delivery Labor is no cakewalk for you — and it isn't for your baby either. During labor, your baby will be squeezed by your ...
Upside: Detailed explanation on fetal monitoring during labor and delivery
Downside: Confusing links on page for more information
Childbirth is one of the most memorable and rewarding events of a couple's life. No matter how often a woman gives birth, each experience is an intimate and unique celebration of life. Though labor ...
www.healthsquare.com/fgwh/wh1ch26.htm
Upside: Very detailed information on labor and deliver including what to expect, pictures and breathing techniques
Downside: Lots of scrolling
Most women can honestly say that their first delivery in a hospital was different from what they expected. Maybe they wished for something they forgot to bring - or took pain medications during ...
www.beginnerbaby.com/labor-nurse.php
Upside: Good interview with a labor nurse on what to expect in the delivery room
Downside: None
Pregnancy labor happens in three stages and lasts on average 12 to 24 hours for a first birth and is usually shorter for later births. The First Stage of Labor
www.webmd.com/baby/pregnancy-stages-labor
Upside: Article with very detailed discussion on the stages of labor
Downside: Some medical language
Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the delivery of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus. The ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth
Upside: Excellent user-compiled detail on childbirth including stages of labor, pain and multiples
Downside: None
What to expect during childbirth If you are reading this, it is likely that you already know that having a baby is hard work.
www.expectantmothersguide.com/library/philadelphia/EPHlabor.htm
Upside: Helpful advice and information on the stages of labor
Downside: Text heavy page
When we talk about fetal monitoring, I am sure that most of you see a woman in bed with straps around her pregnant form attached to a beeping machine. That is one type of fetal monitoring, electronic ...
www.childbirth.org/articles/efmfaq.html
Upside: Helpful information about fetal monitoring
Downside: Very basic site design; text heavy page