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Birth Stories

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Birth Story: The emotional home water birth of Ezra

Posted on July 13, 2021June 26, 2022

Anna Hein had always yearned for a fourth baby. But as her three children grew older, and time ticked on, the South Australian mum thought […]

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Birth Story: ‘My water broke in the hospital cafe’

Posted on July 7, 2021June 7, 2022

Sometimes the journey to parenthood isn’t a straight path. For Rachel and Mitch Graham, it was full of twists and turns. It took them 16 […]

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Birth Story: Mum gives birth in her car, ‘My poor Jeep’

Posted on June 24, 2021June 26, 2022

In labour and racing along the highway towards the hospital, Gayla Thompson was certain she wasn’t going to make it. Her husband Ryan was behind […]

Birth story Amy Mclennan

Birth Story: ‘My water broke at Kmart’

Posted on June 8, 2021June 26, 2022

Like a scene out of an 80’s romcom, 34-weeks pregnant Amy Mclennan stood at the entrance of Kmart, water gushing down her legs and filling […]

Dashcam baby birth

Birth Story: The car birth caught on dashcam

Posted on May 25, 2021June 26, 2022

Erica and Troy Campbell thought they had plenty of time to get to the hospital. With their third baby on the way, they bundled into […]

Katie Kinna Car Birth Story

Birth Story: ‘Midwives cheered me on as I birthed in my car’

Posted on May 20, 2021June 26, 2022

Living 45 minutes from the nearest hospital, Katie Kinna wanted to leave in plenty of time for the birth of her second baby. With her […]

Birth Story Pat Ferrari

Birth Story: ‘I knew something was very wrong’

Posted on May 7, 2021June 26, 2022

Pat Ferrari is living proof of the power of mother’s intuition. The Queensland mum was 31 weeks pregnant when she had a gut feeling something […]

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Birth Story: ‘My baby was born with two true cord knots’

Posted on May 4, 2021June 26, 2022

Being a placenta encapsulator for three years, Ysee Batterham has seen more than 200 placentas and umbilical cords, but she’d never laid eyes on anything […]

Birth Story: Bec's Maternal assisted birth

Birth Story: ‘I delivered my own baby via c-section’

Posted on April 23, 2021June 29, 2022

After an emergency c-section with her first baby, Bec was hoping for a different outcome when she fell pregnant with her second. The NSW mum […]

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Birth Story: ‘My c-section scar reminds me of my strength’

Posted on April 21, 2021June 26, 2022

Samantha Guneri had a pregnancy most women only dream of. Not a hint of morning sickness, in she had hardly any pregnancy symptoms. She even […]

Gaines sisters pregnancies

Birth Story: Four sisters share pregnancy joy

Posted on April 18, 2021June 25, 2022

When it comes to close sisters, they don’t get much closer than the Gaines sisters. All born within 18 months of each other, the four […]

Birth Story PPROM Samantha Dos Santos

Birth Story: ‘My water broke at 20 weeks’

Posted on April 16, 2021June 26, 2022

Samantha’s second pregnancy took her by surprise. While she and her ex-partner had an amazing co-parenting relationship, she never imagined having another baby with him. […]

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Birth Story: ‘I gave birth to a toddler’

Posted on April 14, 2021June 26, 2022

A super human mum has become a TikTok sensation after sharing the birth of her toddler-sized newborn, who weighed in at more than six and […]

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Birth Story: I gave birth in an elevator

Posted on April 6, 2021June 26, 2022

At 35 weeks pregnant, Shelby Klemm was planning a day of activities before preparing for the last month of her pregnancy. Feeling full of energy, […]

Barbara Higgins gives birth at 57

Mum gives birth at 57 years-old

Posted on April 5, 2021July 5, 2022

A teacher has become one of the oldest women to give birth in the United States, after welcoming her baby boy at 57-years-old. Barbara Higgins […]

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