Real life Australian birth stories

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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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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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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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This is what midwifery looks like around the globe

Anita ButterworthMay 5, 2017

Midwives hold our hands through our pregnancies, and by the time we've given birth they have a piece of our hearts. These incredible women and men guide ... Read More...

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Beauty of gentle breech birth captured in amazing video

Jenna GalleyMay 2, 2017

Giving birth is one of the most amazing things in the world (and proof that mothers are absolutely incredible). While many birth photographers and videograp... Read More...

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The emotional birth photography capturing first hellos

Jenna GalleyApril 28, 2017

The first breath. The first touch. The first cry. The first hello. There is no moment quite as incredible as when you meet your newborn for the first tim... Read More...

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Rainbow photo reveals double happiness after heartbreak

Jenna GalleyApril 25, 2017

At first glance, this photo looks just like two bouncing baby brothers happily posing for a sweet sibling photo. But there's so much more to this rainbow ba... Read More...

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Aussie mum gives birth in a ute – again!

Hejira ConveryFebruary 13, 2017

Giving birth in a ute is the stuff of Aussie legend and one Queensland mum has managed to do it, not once, but TWICE! Rebecca and Sean Dalton are the pro... Read More...

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