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Moms’ birthing experiences

Short stories from the inside, shared as they were lived.

Frogwise · 2 min read

Birth stories are rarely tidy. Some arrive quickly, some take days. Some are quiet, some are loud. Some end in surgery, some in water, some in the hallway of a birthing centre.

This is a place for mothers to share what happened, as they remember it. Names can be real, first-name-only, or left out entirely. We do not rewrite them, we do not judge them, and we do not offer medical advice.

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