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"I was overwhelmed with excitement and couldn't wipe the smile off my face. I still get excited thinking about it now!"
Ella Kurtz gave birth to her second child surrounded by textures, sounds and items she loves.
Jamie Hare was excited about watching the birth of his fourth baby. On a cold day in June 2010, the plasterer put on a gown at Latrobe Regional Hospital and waited to be called into the operating theatre for his partner Linda's caesarean.
I daydreamed about my baby's introduction to the world. I visualised myself a warrior, as women had forever done.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has just released new guidelines regarding cord clamping after birth.
More women in NSW are being diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy and more are having births induced or delivered by caesarean, new figures show.
A new study has demonstrated that eating during labour - rather than chowing down on ice chips - may actually be beneficial, leading to shorter deliveries.
You did it! Your baby is safely out and in your arms and the relief is overwhelming. Now there's the placenta.
Natashia Corrigan always wanted a "big, chubby baby" but she wasn't expecting to push out a six kilo one on Tuesday.
A UK woman was out like a light during what could have been the most painful experience of her life.
Luke and Hillary Gardner never have a problem remembering each other's birthday.
For the people closest to those suffering, there is often a disconnect, a wall that is built around the sufferer that seems impenetrable.
A recent study has reported on a somewhat surprising link, finding that gestational diabetes increases the risk of PND in first time mothers.
"You are Not alone," Kim Chen wrote in the heartfelt Facebook post, two months after his wife, Florence Leung's, death.
Motherhood burns you down, but it rebuilds you too.
New research reports that 74 per cent of mums don't want to admit they aren't coping, and therefore don't seek support or treatment.
When Adele spoke this week about the agony of postnatal depression, it brought back awful memories.