Paige went nearly two weeks overdue, opting not to be induced to let her body go into labour naturally. Her second stretch and sweep got things moving, but it was a long labour after that. Using gas as pain management and chicken crimpies between contractions for energy, beautiful Sage was born!

With a bicornuate (a loved shaped) uterus, a breached baby resulting in weeks of monitoring and trying to get him to spin, an induction and an emergency cesarean, Hannah brought beautiful baby Fletcher earth side.

Tara thought her waters broke at home, only to find she was losing cups and cups of blood.

Laura gave birth to Toby after being induced at 38 weeks due to him measuring quite big, particularly his head (>99 percentile). She delivered him with a private OB at John James hospital and writes beautifully and positively about her experience.

Keely went into premature labour at 33 weeks. Steroids for bub’s developing lungs in case she did arrive early and drugs to slow down/stop contractions got Keely to 35 weeks when her waters broke out at dinner!

At 41 weeks and 6 days, Bri was ready for her son to be born. Cervadil tape and a breaking of the waters kicked things off, with things going from zero to 100 very quickly.

Taylor, mum of two boys Lincoln and Marcus, had a successful VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean), after her first birth almost two years prior resulted in an emergency caesarean section and a loss of 2.2 litres of blood.

Katy approached the births of her two kids, Halle (4) and Tommy (2) very differently.

Katie explains the birth of her son Leroy as beautiful, completely natural, intervention free and drug free.

Both of Bec’s boys, Noah (3) and Hugo (5 months) came before her due date. Both times her waters broke early. Both times her midwife was on holidays and both times were a vaginal birth. But that’s where the similarities stopped.

First time mama Chelsea endured 47 hours of labour before her son Elliot was born.

After a long three day ordeal of induction, Sinaed was whisked into an emergency c section.

Charlotte is mama to 8 month old Maggie and shares with her birth which included Gestational Diabetes, COVID, iron infusion, induction, balloon catheter, post-partum haemorrhage, episiotomy and little baby Maggie suspected of having sepsis.

In an appointment at 37 weeks, Erin was told they wanted to induce her due to her high blood pressure and bub measuring in the third percentile.

Mama of two May beautifully shares the birth of her daughter Elektra and graciously opens up about her battle with Postnatal Depression, detachment and anxiety.

After trying for two years for their daughter, she decided she was ready for the world in under three hours once Gemma went into labour.

Heather struggled with unexplained infertility for three years before their beautiful little miracle Remy came along.

Melissa gave birth to Poppy through the continuity program at Canberra Hospital during lockdown.

Jade shares the birth stories her two daughters, Oaklee who is almost 2 and Ayla who she lost in December 2021 at 13 weeks due to very rare condition that affects only 0.3 in 100,000 babies.

For her first baby, Corinne laboured 7 hours at home and another 12 hours at Queanbeyan Hospital before her baby girl Willow was welcomed into the world.