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Couple charged $39.95 for skin to skin contact with baby after c-section
A new dad has revealed how he and his wife were 'charged' by a hospital for skin to skin contact with his baby after a c-section.
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Incredible footage of baby born inside amniotic sac
It is possible for a woman to go through labour with the amniotic sac intact as this incredible footage shows.
![This birth video has been watched 17 million times.](/web/20161021220806im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/h/j/s/i/image.related.landscape.300x200.grhjof.png/1473980805907.jpg)
Why this birth video has been viewed 17 million times
I became pregnant for the first time when I was working in obstetrics and gynaecology. At the time, a lot of people asked me if delivering babies before I was going to have my own 'bothered' me.
![New parents Sebastian Zwalf and Julia Woods with baby Eva Maree born September 2.](/web/20161021220806im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/8/0/k/3/image.related.landscape.300x200.gr80kk.png/1472961240184.jpg)
Baby Eva comes just in time for Father's Day
New dad Sebastian Zwalf has learnt very early on that parenting is about adapting to the unexpected.
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How I added my voice to the war cry of millions of women who have given birth before me
"No matter what your feelings on children are, childbirth itself is a mystical event," writes Clementine Ford.
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Twins give birth in same hospital just hours apart
Leanne went into labour on July 28, and remarkably, her twin sister Natalie soon followed.
![Tom, Caitlin and their new baby Lucy all share a birthday.](/web/20161021220806im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/w/c/3/9/image.related.landscape.300x200.gqwc85.png/1471571723387.jpg)
Baby born on mum AND dad's birthday
The birth of a baby is always a special occasion, but one couple who welcomed their first child earlier this week had more reason to celebrate than most.
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How baby Evelie was saved after being born without a heartbeat
Bethanie Millar didn't believe in miracles - until baby Evelie was born, that is.
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Is this the sweetest birth announcement ever?
It is certainly a birth announcement with a difference, and it just might be the sweetest one we have ever seen.
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Amazing video captures the beauty of an en caul birth
It only happens around once in every 80,000 births, so this video has captured a very special moment indeed.
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Amazing footage of baby's speedy birth in hospital doorway
When Jessica Stubbins went into labour in the early hours of Sunday morning she told husband Tom to drop her at the hospital entrance before finding a parking spot.
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