Real life Australian birth stories

Birth story: ‘My body was shutting down’

Anita ButterworthMarch 19, 2020

High school sweethearts Nick and Natasha Boreland had tried for years to become parents and were over the moon when they overcame fertility issues to finall... Read More...

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Mum gives birth on her own, sends selfie to husband

Anita ButterworthMarch 5, 2020

Patricia Ghaly is one fierce mumma. Not only did she give birth to her third child on her own, standing in her bedroom, the New South Wales mum also managed... Read More...

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Birthing at home, alone, with everyone locked outside

Anita ButterworthNovember 15, 2019

Babies arrive in their own sweet time - and if that happens to be when you've locked yourself inside your home, with your doula on the other side of the doo... Read More...

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Birth story: Shelley’s serene home water birth

Anita ButterworthOctober 3, 2019

Determined to birth at home, Shelly McKenzie's water broke on her outside dunny as the rain poured down. If ever there was a true-blue Aussie birth story, t... Read More...

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Alexis Brett mum of 10 boys and one girl

After 10 boys, mum gives birth to baby girl

Anita ButterworthSeptember 12, 2019

After giving birth to 10 boys in a row, Alexis Brett was convinced her eleventh baby would also be a bouncing little bundle of blue. But much to her 'sho... Read More...

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Principal helps teacher deliver baby at school

Anita ButterworthSeptember 9, 2019

A teacher has given her students an eye-opening education after giving birth at school. Lindsay Agbalokwu wasn't due to have her second bub until next we... Read More...

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Birth story from mother with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Birth Story: The longest week of my life

Anita ButterworthAugust 21, 2019

After battling with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, April Dunlop was told getting pregnant wouldn't be easy. But to her surprise, while on the waitlist for a hor... Read More...

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Mum thinks she has kidney stones, gives birth to triplets

Anita ButterworthAugust 19, 2019

A mum has given birth to surprise triplets, after going to the hospital with what she thought was kidney stones. The US woman says she had no idea she was p... Read More...

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Army dad’s mission to make it home for baby’s birth

Anita ButterworthAugust 13, 2019

Caitlin Brown was just 15 weeks pregnant when she kissed her partner Cody McDermott goodbye for his Australian Defence Force training. She knew he'd miss the ... Read More...

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Birth story: ‘I was throwing up 30 times a day’

Anita ButterworthJuly 19, 2019

Kylie Mexsom and her husband already had a busy life juggling their three kids, when they unexpectedly fell pregnant with their fourth. It was 17 months aft... Read More...

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Birth story: Meekay’s dramatic 27-hour birth

Anita ButterworthJuly 1, 2019

A first-time mum, Meekay Schultz didn't know what to expect when it was time to give birth, but it certainly wasn't 27 hours in labour, a failed epidural an... Read More...

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Birth story: Alyce’s second miracle baby

Anita ButterworthJune 24, 2019

After already welcoming one miracle baby, Alyce and Jesse Brown thought life was complete. But two years later, after finally finishing their dream home, a ... Read More...

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Birth story: Ash-lea’s footling breech home-birth

Anita ButterworthJune 13, 2019

Ash-lea Gazzola prepared her entire pregnancy for a calm, peaceful home water birth, and everything was going to plan beautifully until a little foot appear... Read More...

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Birth story: Mum gives birth in hospital car park

Anita ButterworthMay 16, 2019

Most mums-to-be have a niggling end-of-pregnancy fear that they won't make it to the hospital in time. Call it mother's intuition, it keeps us on edge as we... Read More...

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Mum livestreams unassisted homebirth

Anita ButterworthMarch 25, 2019

A mum has live streamed the super quick, unassisted home birth of her fourth child in her bathtub. Kara Baker from Missouri in the US had her baby daught... Read More...

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