Real life Australian birth stories

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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Kelly's birth story and complications with shoulder dystocia

Kelly’s birth story: When things don’t go to plan

Anita ButterworthMarch 18, 2019

While we're growing our little babes, we all imagine how the birth will unfold and that incredible moment when our bundle of joy is finally in our arms. Tha... Read More...

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Birth story: ‘I feel so lucky to have experienced a c-section’

Anita ButterworthMarch 13, 2019

Petrea and Jackson married in November 2015, and they wasted little time trying to start a family. "We immediately began trying to conceive a child as it... Read More...

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Heartless thieves torch car with baby’s medical equipment

Anita ButterworthNovember 14, 2018

A mum-of-three has been left devastated after her baby's medical equipment was torched just days after his release from hospital. Four-month-old Alexande... Read More...

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Mum’s incredible double breech, drug-free twin birth

Anita ButterworthNovember 2, 2018

When Emma Parnell found out she was expecting twins, she assumed that would be the biggest surprise of her pregnancy. But what lay ahead was months of sever... Read More...

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Mum freebirths surprise twins in the jungle

Anita ButterworthOctober 11, 2018

Ashley Albrand has joined a pretty exclusive birth club. In fact, she's probably the only member. The American yoga teacher freebirthed surprise twins in th... Read More...

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Twins give birth within hours of each other

Amazing birth story: identical twin sisters give birth just hours apart

Anita ButterworthOctober 8, 2018

Identical twins Katie Colling and Nicki Stephens have proven twins really do have a magical connection, giving birth within just hours of each other. The... Read More...

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Twin’s touching moment with his brother’s ashes

Anita ButterworthSeptember 12, 2018

A hauntingly beautiful photo of a twin with his brother's ashes has stolen the hearts of the world and won a prestigious international photography award. In... Read More...

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Orange is the New Black actress reveals birth emergency

Anita ButterworthAugust 16, 2018

Australian actress Yael Stone has detailed the dramatic birth of her first child, revealing how her planned homebirth turned into an emergency c-section. ... Read More...

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Phillipa’s emotional journey to surrogacy and breastfeeding

Anita ButterworthAugust 10, 2018

Phillipa thought any chance of becoming a mum was gone after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at just 33. But through the incredible generosity of a s... Read More...

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Kristy and Alan Wilkie unassisted homebirth

Four siblings witness brother’s unassisted homebirth

Anita ButterworthAugust 9, 2018

Kristy and Alan Wilkie always knew they wanted a big family and after their fourth bub, they thought their tribe was complete. But their little surprise Ham... Read More...

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‘My pregnancy almost killed me’: grieving mum’s warning

Anita ButterworthAugust 6, 2018

Kristy Watson admits accepting her pregnancy as a single mum wasn't easy, but her growing bump gave her a strength she didn't know she had. She was ready to... Read More...

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Meet the brothers melting hearts across the world

Anita ButterworthAugust 3, 2018

They are the brothers melting hearts across the world - gorgeous, ginger-haired Mikey and his premmie brother Jake. The video of these two having their f... Read More...

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