Something about having a baby makes a woman compelled to share her "birth story." If you read  parenting blogs at all, ever, you’re guaranteed to run across several. There's something so profound and elemental about the experience of bringing another human being into the world that we can’t shut up about it already.
I'm always fascinated by them, drawn by how common the experiences are even when the circumstances are  wildly different. And okay, sometimes  I think they are a little TMI. If yours includes descriptions of poop, mucus or placenta pot roast, maybe giving it a judicious editor's eye before making innocent Internet people read it would not be the worst idea.
That being said, birth stories are one of those topics people love to talk about, often to the dismay of parents-to-be who are nervous enough as it is. But when things don't go so well – a baby is born too soon, too sick, or tragically, doesn’t make it – new parents can have trouble finding an audience.
That's why I think this March of Dimes http://www.everybabyhasastory.org/default.aspx campaign is so lovely. Every Baby Has a Story is a place for families to share photos and remembrances of their babies' births, whether those babies were hale and hearty or needed major help. Even parents grieving the loss of a baby born too soon can submit a story.  The site is connected to a bus tour March of Dimes staffers embarked on during the fall to raise funds for NICU family support programs, but the site is still open to accept stories and donations.
After all, the parents of these babies deserve to be heard and these babies deserve to be celebrated, no matter how short their lives were. A birth is still a birth, even when its circumstances are less than ideal, and those stories are still fascinating reading