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The Birth Story (Or: More Than Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Having A C-Section)

I’ve always considered myself to have child-bearing hips. I’m built to have babies. My uneventful pregnancy confirmed this fact for me—my body just knows what to do. So I thought.
In my head, I imagined that my water would break on my exact due date, and I would go to the hospital when the contractions were [...]