Birth Options
Why didn't anyone tell me a c-section would give me a lower belly 'shelf'?
Beyoncé calls it a 'FUPA.'
Mum shares traumatic experience of C-section without anaesthesia
"He continued to cut me through my screams."
Mum reported for driving one week after c-section has licence suspended
The move made it difficult for the first-time single mum to visit her premature baby in ICU.
'Every experience is different': what sex is really like after childbirth
There is no 'normal' when it comes to sex after childbirth.
What are the best gifts to give your midwife?
When you want to say more than just thank you.
I was set on a natural birth, then I needed a surprise C-section
I simply had to let go.
Stages of Labour
Pure genius: mum-to-be packs 'secret weapon' in hospital bag
This effective and hilarious mum hack has everyone saying, "Why didn't I think of that?"
Birth video shows Barry Hall supporting Lauren Brant in labour
Of her shared birthing experience with Hall, Brant said it was, "A dance of the most deeply connected and energised teamwork".
Birth Stories
'It was a devastating drive': heavily pregnant woman's bushfire zone dash to deliver baby
If there's one thing that's predictable about babies, it's how unpredictable they can be.
I was fat shamed by my mother-in-law 10 days after giving birth
It totally floored me.
'Hero' doctor safely delivers baby boy mid-flight on Qatar Airways
Her medical training came back to her in an instant!
Postnatal Depression
'Post-partum psychosis made me try to kill my family'
'Things were far from fine. I couldn’t sleep. If I did drop off, I’d wake up shouting “where is she?”'
New mum who had PTSD told mental health issues 'not serious enough'
"I needed help and was not scared to ask for it. The whole experience really added to my trauma," she said.
'Horrifying images': Alanis Morissette speaks about her third battle with postnatal depression
"It's a funny thing, to attempt to see clearly in a sandstorm with no goggles," Morissette wrote.
Alanis Morissette opens up about PND with baby number three
"I have been here before," the singer wrote.
The day postpartum depression stole my husband
Paternal mental illness is underdiagnosed is because it often appears differently from women.
One day I was fine, the next I was having the darkest thoughts of my life
Soon after the birth of my son depression struck. But there was a silver lining.