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Melissa’s Birth Story

Once upon a time, there was a young girl who was 19 years old. She was so blessed to marry her knight in shining armor. He was 23 years old when they found out they were going to have their first baby! They were so excited to start their little family and as the months rolled by, it was getting close to the time when their little one would be born. Now in 1973, moms and dads rarely knew the sex of their baby until it was born. So, this girl and this boy planned as best they could. The girl had never been around too many babies in her life; she had always hated baby-sitting as a young teenager, so she read some books and decided that a natural birth was what she wanted. She wanted to breastfeed also and wanted to give her baby the very best of everything.

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