The nightmare clouds behind the birth of my little ray of Sunshine

Rachel Buchanan A birth in the emergency department of a busy public holiday inspires feelings of panic and rage even years later.

The best and worst of days

Prue Corlette What should have been one of the most joyous moments of my life ultimately turned out to be one of the most traumatic – the birth of my sons.

New arrival

Australia's oldest 'natural' first-time mum

Georgia Waters A Gold Coast woman has become what is believed to be Australia's oldest natural first-time mother, giving birth at 50.

My lotus homebirth

MEMBER STORY EB member Michelle shares the birth story of her daughter Pepper, born at home.

Natural birth

Miranda Kerr tells of agonising labour

Orlando Bloom forced to pee in a bottle: supermodel spills the gory details on her very long labour.

Express checkout: home 4 hours after birth

Jill Stark When Sian Baird gave birth to her third child Seraphine five weeks ago, the process was so quick her husband Sam joked it was ''like a day at the office''.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have daughter through surrogate mother

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have added a second daughter to their family, born through a surrogate mother.

Our beautiful, calm, natural waterbirth

MEMBER STORY We could not have asked for a more perfect birth, exactly what we were hoping for and we did everything we included on our birth preferences.

The expected day has arrived

Juliana Fridman Something is going wrong, one of the babies is in serious distress and it’s not possible to know why. I am also already in early labour. We needed to go into an emergency Caesarean NOW!

Deborah Knight's IVF joy - against the odds

Shelly Horton Another miracle baby is on the way for Channel Ten newsreader Deborah Knight.

Feature Member

Four babies, four very different births

Nicole Salinas It’s quite a common assumption that if you have one type of birth then your subsequent births may be fairly similar. For Essential Baby member Sylvia this certainly wasn't the case.

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Born in an ambulance

Nicole Salinas When I found out I was pregnant for the 3rd time I was over the moon. The emotions I felt with my other pregnancies and births came rushing back! I was sure I was going to go early and have a fast easy labour, after all it was my third...

Renee's Triplets

Anni Taylor That first pregnancy ultrasound is usually filled with nervous anticipation and excitement for new parents. But imagine the shock for parents in finding there are three little beings occupying the space on the screen!

Emma's homebirth after two caesars

Emma I have had two “failure to progress” labours leading to two emergency c-sections. My third time around I was aiming for, and achieved, a HBA2C (home birth after two caesars)!

Rhythms of Life: A Waterbirth Story

Anni Taylor Born in a birthing pool in her family home, little Tessa Claire was embraced by the natural rhythms of family life. Carla shares Tessa’s waterbirth story.

Motherhood the second time around

I am thrilled to be able to share our second baby’s birth with our blog readers. Ethan was born last Tuesday (February 3) at 12.27pm, weighing 3.73kg (8lb, 5oz) and measuring 52cm.

Mum, 70, wants second baby

A 70-year-old Indian woman who gave birth to a baby girl in November is already planning a second child.

Birth Trauma

Melissa Maimann Birth trauma can affect any woman who has given birth. Although it is experienced by many women, most women do not talk about it and many may not even know they have it. This silence does nothing to help women move past their trauma; it is my hope that this article will help you along the path to recovery.

Deprogramming birth

Anni Taylor A few hours after having my first baby, I rang my mother to ask, “How did you do THAT seven times?” But deep within, I sensed that birth didn’t have to be this traumatic.