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What No One Tells You About Labor

Here's the truth about labor -- what's normal, what's not, and what to expect.

Expecting the Unexpected

Now that you're pregnant, you're dutifully attending childbirth classes and reading everything you can get your hands on about labor and birth. But classes and books tend to give you the big picture, not the surprising -- and sometimes embarrassing -- details. Because knowing what to expect makes for a less stressful delivery, we've asked the experts to spill the beans on the following common (yet seldom-talked-about) scenarios.

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