My Birth Story

'My son is healthy and perfect. But I'm traumatised by how he got here.'

When The Block's Steph Ottavio woke up after birth, her baby wasn't beside her.

'I was home alone when I went into sudden labour. I'll never forget what happened 40 minutes later.'

CLARE STEPHENS: 'I did everything to avoid a traumatic birth. Then I had one.'

DIARY OF A BIRTH: 'I thought I'd have a fast birth. Then my baby got stuck.'

Introducing Diary of a Birth... Mamamia's new podcast sharing extraordinary birth stories.

Eliza Sorman Nilsson

'My birth was so traumatic, I discharged myself from hospital against medical advice.'

'I'm not ready, I'm scared.' Gogglebox's Isabelle Silbery shares her emotional birth story.

Isabelle Silbery

'My heart shattered.' MAFS star Melissa Rawson shares her twins' premature birth story.

'Instagram gave me warped expectations about my first few hours as a mum.'

‘I'm going full glam for my c-section. I'm not ashamed.'

'We have always done things in sync.' Meet the Melbourne twins who just gave birth together.

JESSIE STEPHENS: 'I had a full blown fear of childbirth but I did it. Here’s what I know now.'

Jessie Stephens

'I was numb all the way through.' A letter to my son who was born at 26 weeks old.

'My son’s birth took me from a private to a public hospital within 24 hours. Here are the differences I saw.'

'A child's birthday also belongs to their mother. This is why.'

Larissa Huntington

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