Last updated Feb. 16, 2018. Labor is no joke — first-time moms take about 8 hours on average to get through it. That’s a full workday of contractions. But then, your new little one is born, the afterbirth passes, your belly deflates, and you go home a glowing new parent … right? Well, not quite. […]
Last updated March 31, 2017. Over the course of about 9 months, a baby develops from a tiny clump of cells into a fully-functioning tiny human that can survive outside the womb. By the end of your pregnancy, the baby’s lungs can breathe without help —that’s usually the last major function to develop fully — and […]
Last updated Dec. 28, 2017. Labor is hard, plain and simple. It’s exhausting. It’s painful. Even with an epidural or other pain management, it just plain wears you out. Worse, it doesn’t always work — that’s right, sometimes it’s delivery day and your body just can’t or won’t push the baby out. That’s where Pitocin […]