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Birth Stories

Get ready to be inspired! From natural birth stories and C-sections to births at home and cars, our collection of real-life experiences shared by mums in our Facebook due date groups will leave you in awe.

Or, submit your own birth story.

Birth story Rachel Graham 4

Birth Story: ‘My Water Broke in the Hospital Cafe’

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

Jeep birth story

Birth Story: Mum Gives Birth in Her Car, ‘My Poor Jeep’

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

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

Dashcam baby birth

Birth Story: The Car Birth Caught on Dashcam

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

Katie Kinna Car Birth Story

Birth Story: Midwives Cheered Me On as I Birthed in My Car

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

Birth Story Pat Ferrari

Birth Story: ‘I knew something was very wrong’

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 […]

Birth story Ysee Batterham 7

Birth Story: My Baby Was Born with Two True Cord Knots

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

Birth Story: Bec's Maternal assisted birth

Birth Story: I Delivered My Own Baby via C-Section

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 […]

Birth story Samantha Guneri 3

Birth Story: My C-Section Scar Reminds Me of My Strength

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

Gaines sisters pregnancies

Birth Story: Four Sisters Share Pregnancy Joy

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’

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. […]

Birth story 14 pound baby

Birth Story: I Gave Birth to a Toddler

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

Breech birth story

Birth Story: I Gave Birth in an Elevator

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

Barbara Higgins gives birth at 57

Birth Story: American Teacher Gives Birth at 57

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 […]

Renees car birth story

Birth Story: Renee’s Baby Didn’t Wait for the Hospital

Speeding towards the hospital, weaving in and out of peak hour traffic, Renee’s baby is on his way and there was nothing she can do […]

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