Real life Australian birth stories

The unexpected homebirth of Lettie Lae

Anita ButterworthDecember 30, 2017

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 bab... Read More...

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

Anita ButterworthDecember 15, 2017

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... Read More...

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The breathtaking water birth photo that has the world talking

Anita ButterworthNovember 28, 2017

There's something mystical about every birth, but there's an aura surrounding water births that's hard to explain. There are those first magical moments ... Read More...

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

Anita ButterworthNovember 6, 2017

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

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VIDEO: Watch an en caul c-section birth

Anita ButterworthOctober 26, 2017

There's so much anticipation that builds in the final few moments of birth, but this incredible c-section en caul birth almost moves in slow motion. A te... Read More...

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Queensland mums gives birth on the side of the road

Anita ButterworthOctober 9, 2017

Most mums-to-be spend a fair chunk of their pregnancy wistfully imagining their baby's birth - the soothing music, the calming massage and pain relief just ... Read More...

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Mum delivers baby in car, still in amniotic sac

Anita ButterworthSeptember 29, 2017

This amazing mumma went into labour early and delivers baby in the car, on the way to the hospital. But that isn't even the most incredible part of her birt... Read More...

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Oh boy! After 137 years, it’s finally a girl!

Jenna GalleyJuly 13, 2017

For the past 137 years, the Settle family have been blessed over and over (and over) again with bouncing baby boys. Carter Louise Settle has broken the trad... Read More...

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Sky high delivery! Mum gives birth to baby mid-flight

Jenna GalleyJuly 3, 2017

It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a ... baby! A mum in America has welcomed her third child in a sky-high birthing experience that takes surprise deliveries t... Read More...

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Not your average newborn – baby girl makes big debut

Jenna GalleyJune 13, 2017

Can you believe this sweet-faced baby girl is only three weeks old? Neither can we! But Carleigh Corbitt was only born last month! Carleigh may still be ... Read More...

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12-year-old helps deliver her baby brother

Jenna GalleyJune 9, 2017

When 12-year-old Jacee Carraway entered her mother's birthing suite last week, she was hoping she might get to witness her baby brother's birth. She never i... Read More...

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Hello World! The emotional video of baby’s first moment of life

Jenna GalleyJune 5, 2017

The moment you meet your little one for the first time is often indescribable. But when words fail, videos prevail. This touching compilation of babies' fir... Read More...

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VIDEO: newborn ‘walking’ just minutes after birth!

Jenna GalleyJune 2, 2017

It's a skill most babies don't pick up until sometime around their first birthday, but a baby girl from Brazil is proving that walking comes naturally to newbor... Read More...

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Bringing home babies – family shares their secrets to raising quintuplets

Jenna GalleyMay 28, 2017

After two miscarriages and many months of trying, Michael and Margaret Baudinet were starting to lose hope of ever becoming parents. Then Margaret discovere... Read More...

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Birthing at home, alone, with everyone locked outside

Anita ButterworthMay 25, 2017

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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