These results were formed from an online survey performed by Our365.com. The results show what the average woman has experienced during pregnancy and childbirth and the results  are quite staggering!

Birth in the U.S.A.: The big picture

By the Editors of Our365

In July 2009, we asked Our365 moms to answer a series of questions about your birth experiences. Almost 12,000 moms of babies born in the past two years completed the survey.

If your most recent birth experience was also your first one, you’re in the majority: one half of the mothers surveyed have one baby; one quarter have two; and three percent have five children or more – next time you’re looking for labor tips, try looking for them from a mom of four, five or six in Our Community’s pregnancy forums.

On balance, moms are having positive birthing experiences – even when they’re not exactly what you’d expected or close to what you’d dreamed of. Maybe that’s not surprising: Dreams aside, when you leave the hospital with your new baby-love, what do you have to complain about? Read the rest of this entry