Birth Stories
Get ready to be inspired! From natural births 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.
Birth Story: ‘Midwives cheered me on as I birthed in my car’
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: ‘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: ‘My baby was born with two true cord knots’
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: ‘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: ‘My c-section scar reminds me of my strength’
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 […]
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: ‘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: ‘I gave birth to a toddler’
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 […]
Birth Story: I gave birth in an elevator
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, […]
Mum gives birth at 57 years-old
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 […]
Birth Story: Renee’s baby wasn’t waiting till they got to the hospital
Speeding towards the hospital, weaving in and out of peak hour traffic, Renee Facciolo’s baby is on his way and there was nothing she can […]
Mum falls pregnant with triplets while on the Pill
Amy Maxey took her contraceptive Pill at the same time every morning, without fail. But when the 28-year-old started to feel sick and exhausted, she […]
Birth Story: Claire’s ‘rockstar’ breech birth
Every mum wants an empowering birth, and second-time mum Claire Mann is no different. As soon as she learned her son was breech, Claire began […]
Birth Story: Rachael’s unexpected bathroom home birth
Braxton Hicks contractions had become a familiar friend for Rachael Theunissen over the last few weeks of her pregnancy. So when she started to feel […]
Birth Story: rare twins conceived three weeks apart
With their very obvious size difference, it’s hard to believe Noah and Rosalie are twins. That’s because they’re actually among the rarest twins in the […]