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Twin born first is officially younger than twin born second
Mere minutes can make the difference between being the younger twin and the older twin, but someone has to be born first.
![His Apgar scores were so low they were whispered.](/web/20161126175501im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/l/3/3/f/image.related.landscape.300x200.gsl2jx.png/1478645977881.jpg)
Born at 28 weeks, my son has defied all the odds
He doesn't know my tears puddled on his head the first time I held him to my skin, and soaked through my hospital gown when the nurse took him back.
![Victoria Berekmeri](/web/20161126175501im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/a/3/j/o/image.related.landscape.300x200.gsa23m.png/1478567335911.jpg)
See the winning images from the 2016 Birth Photographer of the Year Awards
They're emotional, they're sometimes graphic, and they capture some of the most amazing moments in life.
![Paula D'Amore gave birth in the hospital car park.](/web/20161126175501im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/k/2/0/a/image.related.landscape.300x200.gsjnn2.png/1478511817864.jpg)
The $7000 'delivery room fee' for mum who gave birth in carpark
Paula D'Amore was still on her way to hospital when her third baby decided it was time to arrive.
![Stephanie Jaegers with surprise son Shaun.](/web/20161126175501im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/d/n/e/8/image.related.landscape.300x200.gsd1h1.png/1477708451419.jpg)
'Kidney stones' turn out to be surprise full-term baby
Doctors told Stephanie Jaegers she had gone into early menopause and would not be able to have any more children.
![Why do people assume that the day women go through the trauma of labour must be up there with the best days of their lives?](/web/20161126175501im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/u/t/q/x/image.related.landscape.300x200.gs69ds.png/1477205636628.jpg)
The truth about giving birth - it was not the best day of my life
Why do people assume that the day women go through the trauma of labour must be up there with the best days of their lives?
![Billie Ava Stevens, weighed just 510 grams when she arrived prematurely.](/web/20161126175501im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/2/7/f/e/image.related.landscape.300x200.gs27ee.png/1476481657381.jpg)
'Is there any way my baby is going to survive?'
Mother was visiting family in New Zealand.
![Billie Ava Stevens was born at just 25 weeks.](/web/20161126175501im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/2/r/i/u/image.related.landscape.300x200.gs2rkj.png/1476425513209.jpg)
Holidaying mum delivers 510g baby at 25 weeks
A dangerous illness which struck a young Australian woman visiting New Zealand has resulted in the delivery of her baby at just 25 weeks.
![Brad, Nathan, Mikayla, Brody, Charlotte and Megan happy to be with a safe and healthy Charlotte, born on Thursday ...](/web/20161126175501im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/0/m/5/r/image.related.landscape.300x200.gs0m5i.png/1476305441127.jpg)
York mother forced to give birth in car park
A Wheatbelt mother has been forced to deliver her fourth child on the side of the road last week - highlighting the issue of Northam hospital's lack of planned birthing maternity care.
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Couple charged $39.35 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.
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