Labor & Delivery

It's quite normal to feel like you need to pass motion during labour. In fact, a lot of women do. Jules Rahim shares her story with us...

I was admitted on 15th Nov 2006, my husband, Amore, drove me down to GHKL with his sister’s car (our car was with the ‘doctors’) but it was just another false contraction. [b]Bad news![/b] I had to stay in since I was juz 2cm open.

Conceiving Sarah after 2 years of trying, was such a blessing, and knowing that I was carrying a girl - even better! I am very vain. If I should walk past any mirror, I would immediately look at it. I even put make up at home! The thought of people looking at my 'nude' face, makes me want to choose death over it.

This animation shows the simplified time-lapse view of labor and normal vaginal delivery.

Shoulder dystocia is a potentially serious condition in which one or both, shoulder(s) of the baby are not entering the pelvis during the birth as they should.

75noaki shares her induced labour story with us...

Giving birth doesn't have to be hard. Pauline Chen shares her breezy labour story with us!

Every birth is different and no matter how well prepared you are, things can take an unexpected turn. Angie Han shares her unexpected delivery story with us.

Mention the word labour and watch a woman’s face twist in horror and a man squirm. However, <b>TheAsianParent’s </b> Forum has been seeing tons of interesting labour stories being submitted. Here’s one that caught our eye by PurpleCow.

Heard through the grapevines of theAsianparent’s forum, we bring you a rather interesting and true labour story of twins.

I started to read up on pregnancy even before getting pregnant. There was so much to learn and you could never start too early. Before entering my second trimester, I already decided I wanted a natural birth with minimal drugs. I was also very keen on total breastfeeding.

It was 4:30am in the morning, about 3 weeks before my due date. I was going through my 125th (or so I thought) Braxton Hicks since conception. And then suddenly, I felt like I am going to have diarrhea...