Once you become a mom, it’s wonderful to share your amazing birth story!👶

We asked moms in mom.life to share their unique experiences. Here are 52 moving birth stories!

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I was 38 weeks & 2 days when my beautiful girl decided to come. It was at 12:30am when I got my first contraction. I try taking a bath to be sure I was contracting & it wasn't Braxton hicks. When I realize how frequent the pain was coming I knew that it was the day she was coming. I called the hospital after two hours of cont...

Do you know how life changes when a young couple decides to become young parents? Do they think it boils down to adding more commitments and costs? Or do you already know about the emotional toll and everything it entails? Here’s a story that elucidates it all.

“We are sitting at lunch one day when my daughter casually mentions that she and her husband are thinking of “starting a family.” “We’re taking a survey,” she says half-joking. “Do you think I should have a baby?”🍼

“It will change your ...

Dogs that poo in the house

My dad and step-mom were just here for a week (they left last Monday) and have decided to come back to tile my kitchen, bathrooms and laundry room (they live in WA and are driving here so they can bring their tile saw). I'm super grateful because my step-mom is amazing at tiling and its going to be gorgeous....the only problem is they are bringing their dogs and staying with us. Let me preface this by saying I like dogs and I lovely parents (most of the time), but I'm...

so I'm choosing to get my cat de- clawed and apparently I'm inhumane because I want to do it. yes she's older she was born last July. but she's tearing up my couches, since the other cat has a new home. and with a new born I'm scared she'll scratch her. I understand it's gonna hurt , but to tell me I don't deserve a cat ?? have they seen the videos of dogs skinned alive ?? SMH.

OK I know all kids will do stuff at their own pace. But when did you LO start to actually want to try and copy what your saying? When did they decide they wanted to say something other than baby babble. I know my LO is still real young but he doesn't want to try and say mom, cat or dog. He has said them before but he doesn't try anymore when ever I try to say Cat when she is around he laughs or does his baby babble.