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![A woman went into premature labour on what would have been a five-hour flight.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728195301im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/c/j/8/p/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwuhyf.png/1498056682691.jpg)
Baby born mid-air given free flights for life by airline
A baby boy born on a plane between Saudi Arabia and India has been promised free flights for life.
![Dara Crouch reacted immediately when told her baby was a boy.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728195301im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/q/s/y/6/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwq10r.png/1497408111996.jpg)
This mum just gave birth to the first boy in her family for 50 years
Her shocked expression was captured expertly by her birth photographer.
![12-year-old Jacee delivers her baby brother, Cason.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728195301im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/n/y/k/3/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwnx5z.png/1497317547021.jpg)
'She loved every second': 12-year-old helps deliver baby brother
It's a moment 12-year-old Jacee Carraway will never forget - delivering her baby brother.
![Baby Ezra surprised his mum during a shopping trip.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728195301im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/n/s/u/u/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwnsyp.png/1497024379268.jpg)
Mum didn't know she was pregnant - gives birth in supermarket
Ashleigh Miller-Cross went to the supermarket for some groceries, and came home with a new baby.
![The luxurious digs at London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Photo: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Inset: Getty](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728195301im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/n/b/c/h/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwn60g.png/1496966645771.jpg)
This is what a $14,000-a-night birthing suite looks like
It's five-star luxury for Amal and George Clooney, at this exclusive wing of a London hospital
![Carleigh Brooke Corbitt was born on May 15.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728195301im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/m/w/y/d/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwmwxs.png/1496881402467.jpg)
'It looked like they pulled a toddler out of my belly'
Christine Corbitt knew her belly was big, but she was still surprised by her 6kg baby.
![Baby Finn weighed in at 13 pounds (5.92 kg).](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728195301im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/1/m/h/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwg1v5.png/1496116054329.jpg)
'I thought the scale was broken!': mum welcomes 5.9kg baby
After a 9 hour drug-free labour one couple got the surprise of their lives.
![The Real Mumma Adele Barbaro.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728195301im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/f/m/g/6/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwflzx.png/1496101008150.jpg)
Melbourne mum Adele Barbaro to livestream childbirth
A Melbourne mummy blogger plans to stream her childbirth live on Facebook to show "labour is nothing like the movies".
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5 things I’ve learnt about giving birth
Having had three babies in three very different ways, I feel reasonably qualified to make this statement.
![Orietta Surace with her husband Scott and Aurelius' twin brother.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170728195301im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/d/s/q/a/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwdrpy.png/1495797090962.jpg)
Mother fights for confirmation her son 'was born alive'
For years Orietta Surace has been locked in a nightmarish battle over a single word.
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After 17 years of infertility, couple welcomes sextuplets
It was a long journey to parenthood and now they are an instant family of eight.
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