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    Labor and Delivery
    • Overview of Labor and Delivery
      • What decisions do I have to make about labor and delivery?
        • Who should be with me?
        • Where should I have my baby?
      • How should I prepare for labor and delivery?
    • Labor
      • What is labor?
      • What happens during labor?
      • How will I know when labor starts?
      • When should I go to my hospital or birthing center?
      • How do doctors check the baby during labor?
      • How do doctors treat labor pain?
    • Delivery
      • Where will I deliver my baby?
      • What happens when I give birth?
        • What can help with delivery?
        • How is the placenta delivered?
      • What happens after delivery?
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