Mena Trott was in labor for 32 hours last fall before giving birth to a baby girl. To take her mind off the pain and pass the time, she walked around the hospital, listened to music - and blogged.

Using her cell phone, she posted pictures from the hospital. In the final hours, she had to dictate her last post, which detailed how much she hurt at the time. Two hours after the birth, she and her husband, Ben, published photographs of their new arrival on their blogs and announced the name of their baby girl, Penelope.

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