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Preparing For Labor And Delivery

What do you need to know about the labor and delivery process?

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Packing Your Overnight Bag

When the times comes to go to the birthing center or hospital, every mom wants to be prepared. The last thing you want to worry about is whether you've forgotten baby's first outfit or snacks for ...

health.discovery.com/centers/pregnancy/americanbaby/packingbag.html

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Upside: Good overview and list of what to bring with you to the hospital
Downside: Small font

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Back labor

What is back labor? What can I do to ease back labor? What is back labor? Back labor refers to the intense lower back pain that many women feel during contractions, and some even feel between ...

www.babycenter.com/0_back-labor_1451580.bc

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Upside: Short article on back labor with good detail on how it is handled
Downside: Busy page

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Packing Checklist for Labor and Delivery

If you're more than 36 weeks pregnant, do yourself a favor: Pack a bag for the hospital before you go into labor. Throwing things into a suitcase is not something you want to do when you're in the ...

www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5201,00.html

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Upside: Good detailed list on what to bring with you to the hospital
Downside: Text heavy page

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What happens to your baby after delivery

What will happen to my baby immediately after birth? When can I start breastfeeding? What if my baby has problems at birth? What if I have a c-section? When do they do the ID bands and footprints? ...

www.babycenter.com/0_what-happens-to-your-baby-after-delivery_182.bc

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Upside: Very detailed article on what happens to your baby after birth
Downside: Click on 'See all on one page' to reduce clicking

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Fetal Monitors

A Necessary Part of Delivery? When Shelley Maves' dog knocked her into the snow, causing premature labor, she was terrified that the fall had somehow injured her baby. After rushing to the hospital, ...

www.pregnancytoday.com/articles/labor-and-delivery/fetal-monitors-4758/

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Upside: Article on the use of fetal monitoring during delivery
Downside: Spans a few pages

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Fetal Monitoring

Kathleen is in the hospital having her first baby. The rhythmic thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump of the external fetal monitor, which loudly projects the unborn baby's heartbeat into the ...

www.realsavvymoms.com/pregnancy/article.php?article=43&category2=7

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Upside: Advice and video on fetal monitoring during labor and delivery
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Interview with a Labor and Delivery Nurse

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

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Upside: Good interview with a labor nurse on what to expect in the delivery room
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Calming Your Labor and Delivery Fears

Experts provide the calming and reassuring advice you need for a successful labor and delivery. "What if I don't get to the hospital on time?" "What if my doctor doesn't make my delivery?" "What if ...

www.webmd.com/baby/features/calming-your-labor-and-delivery-fears

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Upside: Article with very detailed advice on preparing for labor and delivery
Downside: Spans several pages

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Before Labor Begins

Has the baby dropped yet? Friends and complete strangers are asking the same question. What are they talking about? How will you know? By the end of pregnancy, the baby is likely to take a position ...

www.babiesonline.com/articles/pregnancy/beforelaborbegins.asp

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Upside: Good article on how your baby may move prior to labor
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Labor and delivery tips

No, I don't have any! But a mommy wrote this morning asking for some. I've written about my first delivery experience back in the hospital dark ages of 1969 Washington, D.C. in a book scheduled for ...

www.mommylife.net/archives/2005/07/labor_and_deliv.html

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Upside: User posting of advice that was sent to her on labor and delivery
Downside: Lots of scrolling