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Pregnancy is not a ‘delicate condition'. It is not a mysterious, intangible miracle that shrouds a woman like some sort of diaphanous golden halo... Pregnancy is strong and violent and powerful and feral.

During pregnancy, Dads are stuck on the sidelines, perhaps leafing idly through the pages of a pregnancy guidebook and getting too freaked out to continue.

A look at the way different cultures treat their new moms.

A Scottish woman has defied odds of 500,000 to one by giving birth to twins for the third time. Karen Rodger, 41, welcomed her first pair of girls (Rowan and Isla) after having twice given birth to twin boys. "I still haven't really taken it on board...

It's the latest post-pregnancy trend, but unlike most celebrity-led fads, wearing a corset or girdle after giving birth may genuinely help the body get back into shape.

Expecting? Check out Babble.com's go-to resource for pregnant women looking for all the vital information, support, advice and good laughs. Updated daily by a combination of savvy pregnant mamas and pregnancy experts.

See what skills and behaviors are common, emerging, or advanced for your baby's age.

I had crazy nesting tendencies before giving birth. Here is a little humorous list that I'm going to call "You know you're nesting when..."

I don't care what the lactation consultants and baby books say. Trying to nurse my child was an exercise in failure

Kaelyn Hernandez was delivered on Friday by C-section at Whittier Hospital Medical Center in California - the biggest baby they have ever recorded.

Two-day-old baby's cries prompt intense rescue effort by firefighters. No sign of the parents.