A mum with a birth plan, and a baby with a very different idea…

Michelle Battersby’s birth was long, her baby got stuck and she was forced to pivot to a birth she had never considered.

The entrepreneur, marketing guru & founder of Sunroom shared her diary of a birth.

Diary Of A Birth features mums telling their miraculous stories of bringing life into the world, and we have all medical questions and concerns cleared up by one of Australia’s favourite paediatricians, Dr Golly.

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If you’d like to share your birth story, we’d love to hear from you at [email protected] or send us a voice note here.

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CREDITS:
Host: Ksenija Lukich
Expert: Dr Golly
Executive Producer: Georgie Page
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach and Lu Hill

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Serenity Mackay had always wanted to give birth in water. She loved the beach and swimming, and that's where she felt most comfortable. But unfortunately when she fell pregnant, water birth wasn’t an option at her local hospital.

Nevertheless, as a proud first nations woman with ties to the Biripi nation, Serenity was determined to feel connected to the earth on which she gave birth. So she sought the help of the Waminda Birthing On Country program to make her delivery as culturally significant as possible.

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Serenity Mackay & Melanie Briggs

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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What happens when you give birth to two sets of twins in 2 years? A bloody good story, that’s what.

Today on The Delivery Room, Jessie Stephens is sitting down with her mother Anne to find out what happened when Anne found herself pregnant, with twins, two times in a row. 

The first time, Anne had a vaginal birth. But the second? She needed a C-Section, this is her story...

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Anne Stephens

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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When Louisa Dow found out she was pregnant, she had a feeling she was having twins. She had no proof… but it was just a feeling she couldn’t shake. And of course, she was right. But what Louisa and her partner Mick didn’t know was that their twins shared the same placenta. This made Louisa’s pregnancy extremely high risk. And extremely rare. Then, 32 weeks into the pregnancy, Louisa had a ‘veiled birth’... or a ‘mermaid birth’. Which in some cultures, they believe are magic...

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Lousia Dow

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Prue Thomas was 19 and setting up for a function at work when she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. As the day went on, the pain increased, so Prue and her mum headed to the hospital. It was here, that Prue found out that her pain was actually labour. Prue was about to give birth, and up until that point, she didn't realise she was pregnant.

This is her story...

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Prue Thomas

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Tell us what you think of the show! Send an email to [email protected] or call the podphone on 02 8999 9386. 

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It was early 2010, and Fran and her husband of 3 years, Tom, decided to take the next step in their relationship. They bought a dog. But a month later? They were pregnant. And the level of responsibility they had wanted went up. A lot. And while Fran was excited to have a baby on the way, she was also a little scared of the idea of actually giving birth.

On this episode of The Delivery Room, we learn all about a planned C-Section…

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Fran Romano

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Model and former Biggest Loser host Fiona Falkiner and her fiance, journalist Hayley Willis, didn’t really have a birth plan. Fiona did know two things. She wanted to be induced. And she didn’t want to see a pair of forceps in the room with her.

So, did her birth wishes come true?

In this episode of The Delivery Room, Fiona and Hayley join Jessie to discuss the long road that led them into the birthing suite in March 2021.

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Fiona Falkiner & Hayley Willis

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Tell us what you think of the show! Send an email to [email protected] or call the podphone on 02 8999 9386. 

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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

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Childbirth with no pain, that's the dream right? You get the beautiful bundle of joy without the discomfort that comes with a tiny human exiting your body.

Well on this week's episode we talk to Sam Oliver, who used hypnobirthing techniques to manage the pain of delivering her baby...

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Samantha Oliver & Hayden Foster

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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When it comes to life, Leigh Campbell is very prepared. But there was one thing she really couldn't prepare for, the birth of her son. Because even the most well-intentioned of plans can be derailed in an instant, or in this case, 32 hours. 

Leigh sits down with Jessie Stephens, alongside her husband Rich, to talk about their birth story...

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Leigh Campbell and Rich Gioutsos

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

GET IN TOUCH:

Tell us what you think of the show! Send an email to [email protected] or call the podphone on 02 8999 9386. 

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Jessie Stephens is terrified of birth, but one day she’d like to have a baby. That’s why she’s hosting The Delivery Room. Over eight weeks join Jessie as she speaks to eight different women about eight very different births. Will her new friends make her more comfortable with the experience? Or will this experiment have the opposite effect? 

The Delivery Room is made in partnership with Elevit.

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