Real life Australian birth stories

Birth Story: ‘I was told I wasn’t in labour, then gave birth in an ambulance’

Anita ButterworthJuly 25, 2021

Talon was sure she was in labour. The mum-of-one had lost her plug, and the pain was getting unbearable. She was told to head to hospital for some pain reli... Read More...

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Birth Story: ‘I gave birth in isolation as a Covid close contact’

Anita ButterworthJuly 22, 2021

Around halfway through her pregnancy, expecting Melbourne mum Zoe Schiller started to get nervous about Victoria's climbing Covid cases. Surely things weren... Read More...

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Birth Story: The emotional home water birth of Ezra

Anita ButterworthJuly 13, 2021

Anna Hein had always yearned for a fourth baby. But as her three children grew older, and time ticked on, the South Australian mum thought she'd missed her ... Read More...

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Birth Story: ‘My water broke in the hospital cafe’

Anita ButterworthJuly 7, 2021

Sometimes the journey to parenthood isn't a straight path. For Rachel and Mitch Graham, it was full of twists and turns. It took them 16 months to conceive ... Read More...

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Birth Story: Mum gives birth in her car, ‘My poor Jeep’

Anita ButterworthJune 24, 2021

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 the wheel, ... Read More...

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Birth Story: ‘My water broke at Kmart’

Anita ButterworthJune 8, 2021

Like a scene out of an 80's romcom, 34-weeks pregnant Amy Mclennan stood at the entrance of Kmart, water gushing down her legs and filling her shoes. In com... Read More...

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Birth Story: The car birth caught on dashcam

Anita ButterworthMay 25, 2021

Erica and Troy Campbell thought they had plenty of time to get to the hospital. With their third baby on the way, they bundled into the car and pressed reco... Read More...

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Birth Story: ‘Midwives cheered me on as I birthed in my car’

Anita ButterworthMay 20, 2021

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 contractions all over ... Read More...

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Birth Story: ‘I knew something was very wrong’

Anita ButterworthMay 7, 2021

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 wasn't right. ... Read More...

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Birth Story: ‘My baby was born with two true cord knots’

Anita ButterworthMay 4, 2021

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 li... Read More...

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Birth Story: Bec's Maternal assisted birth

Birth Story: ‘I delivered my own baby via c-section’

Anita ButterworthApril 23, 2021

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 tried everythin... Read More...

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Birth Story: ‘My c-section scar reminds me of my strength’

Anita ButterworthApril 21, 2021

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 joked that her ... Read More...

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Birth Story: ‘My water broke at 20 weeks’

Anita ButterworthApril 16, 2021

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 b... Read More...

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Birth Story: ‘I gave birth to a toddler’

Anita ButterworthApril 14, 2021

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 a half kilos. The ... Read More...

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Birth Story: I gave birth in an elevator

Anita ButterworthApril 6, 2021

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, she played... Read More...

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