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Birth Stories

Kimberley Northcott birth story

Birth Story: Mum unexpectedly gives birth in the shower at home

Posted on July 6, 2018June 7, 2022

Kimberley Northcott wanted a natural, intervention-free hospital birth for her third baby – and she almost got everything she wished for. But her baby had […]

Dad breastfeeds daughter

Birth Story: Dad ‘breastfeeds’ newborn after emergency c-section

Posted on July 2, 2018June 7, 2022

They are the ‘breastfeeding’ images that have gone viral around the world, and with good reason. Maxamillian Neubauer stepped up to the plate and ‘breastfed’ […]

Birth Story: ‘I wish I knew’: Mum’s heartbreaking pregnancy warning

Posted on June 22, 2018June 7, 2022

Sandra Dagher’s second pregnancy was perfect. A textbook nine months with no morning sickness, just the joy of a second little boy on the way. But […]

Kassie Stewart birth story pre-eclampsia

‘Get checked, please’: Mum’s heartbreaking pre-eclampsia warning

Posted on June 12, 2018June 7, 2022

Kassie Stewart was 25 weeks pregnant with her first longed-for baby, and couldn’t wait to become a mum. She’d been collecting baby clothes for two […]

Jana Brasil photography en caul birth

Birth Story: En caul c-section birth caught on camera

Posted on June 6, 2018June 7, 2022

While every birth is beautiful, baby Maria’s grand entrance was exceptional – the little bub arriving via c-section still in her amniotic sac. Babies born […]

pre-eclampsia birth warning

Birth Story: Headache turns into emergency birth

Posted on May 10, 2018June 7, 2022

What started off as a headache at 35-weeks pregnant turned into a fight for survival for Jessica Barnett and her baby. The Melbourne mum says […]

Unplanned homebirth

Birth Story: Grandma catches baby in the shower

Posted on May 4, 2018June 22, 2022

Already a mum to one, Johanna was pretty sure she’d know when it was time to head into hospital to have her second little bundle […]

Gillian rainbow hypnobirth

Birth Story: Hypnobirth of rainbow baby Fíadh Boyle

Posted on April 26, 2018June 7, 2022

All births are special, but perhaps none quite so moving as the birth of rainbow baby Fíadh Boyle, who came into the world two years […]

Women gives birth in the red sea

Woman gives birth in the Red Sea, emerges like a goddess

Posted on March 14, 2018June 7, 2022

It’s the water birth with a great big twist – the incredible moment a woman emerges from the Red Sea, just minutes after giving birth […]

sextuplets

Birth Story: Meet the miracle sextuplets born 10 weeks early

Posted on March 1, 2018June 7, 2022

Six tiny bundles, forming the most beautiful rainbow. Born more than 10 weeks early, the fraternal siblings have just arrived home – and their first […]

Baby born in hospital corridor Maxwell Alexander

Rush hour: the heart-stopping birth in a hospital corridor

Posted on February 6, 2018June 7, 2022

This is a birth that’s much like pregnancy itself – a slow build with a huge rush at the end. Jes Hogan had laboured for […]

Car birth on the way to hospital

Birth Story: Hypnobirthing helps mum give birth in car

Posted on January 22, 2018June 7, 2022

As a hypnobirthing practitioner, Melissa Ayling was well prepared for the arrival of her second child – both physically and physiologically. But what she never expected […]

The FIFO Mum home birth story

Birth Story: the unexpected homebirth of Lettie Lae

Posted on December 30, 2017June 7, 2022

Birthing a babe is certainly worthy of a standing ovation, but Amy Stewart could never have imagined she’d be wheeled into hospital cradling her newborn […]

Water birth video surprise

VIDEO: Surprised mum can’t believe she’s given birth

Posted on December 15, 2017June 7, 2022

There’s a moment of wonder most new mums experience when their newborn is finally earthside, and this mumma captures it beautifully. In a video shared by […]

Halloween baby delivered by Dr Joker

Doctor dressed as The Joker delivers Halloween baby (no joke)

Posted on November 6, 2017June 7, 2022

While birth photos are often emotion-charged images, they can also capture the candid, unbelievable and sometimes whacky way our babies enter the world. Like the […]

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