The Birth of Baby Charlee

12.35am: I woke up from a sharp lightening feeling in my cervix. I got up and went to the toilet like usual. As I was walking I felt dripping down my leg and thought “surely this isn’t it”, even though intuitively I felt it coming before it happened. I sat on the...

The Birth of Baby Sakara

On the 18th of May 2022 (1 day off of being 42 weeks pregnant) I woke up at 2:30am to pain as labour began. I went to the toilet and had my “bloody show”. Roczen was asleep next to me but woke shortly after (he never usually wakes up but I believe he knew I was in...

The Birth of Baby Maisie

Our labour started at around 10pm on Monday the 7th of November.  The faint period type pain that I had been having on and off for weeks suddenly felt different.  Like a pulling in my groin, almost as though I had strained a muscle.  We didn’t think too much of...

The Birth of Baby Alina

The birth of Alina.   Born breech on 26/07/2022.   My name is Stephanie Henriksen and when I became pregnant with my daughter Alina I was living a fast paced corporate life, working long hours and living close to Melbourne CBD. I was 35 years old at the time and...

The Birth of Baby Bonnie

My birth story Bonnie Hazel Newitt, born at 1:57PM on Saturday 15/10/22. My first baby, born naturally at home into water. 2 days of early/pre labour and 17 hours of active labour. My early labour started Wednesday morning with a slow leak of my waters and beginning...