Diary Of A Birth
Giving birth is a transformative experience. It’s raw. It’s real. It’s miraculous. And no two stories are the same.
Diary Of A Birth brings you inside the delivery room to hear an extraordinary birth story every week.
Hosted by Ksenija Lukich, with expert advice from Dr. Golly, you’ll hear the real life birth stories that are everything you don’t expect when you’re expecting.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 44
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Say Hello To 'Hello, Bump'
Welcome to Hello, Bump, a podcast about what you’re not expecting when you’re expecting. Each episode, we take you through exactly what's happening to you and your baby in each week of pregnancy.
In …
From Hysterectomy to Maternity Ward: The Pregnancy Nobody Planned
When Courtney thought her family was complete with two beautiful children, she was finally ready to focus on herself. After her doctor found pre-cancerous cervical cells following her first birth, sh…
The Silence After Loss: The Isolation Of Stillbirth
Content Warning: This episode discusses stillbirth, infant loss, and termination for medical reasons. Please proceed with care.
After falling pregnant on their first time trying into their marriage, …
Prue Didn’t Realise She Was Pregnant Until She Went Into Labour
On this weeks episode, Ksenija introduces us to a previous chat Mamamia's Jessie Stephens had with Prue Thomas. At 19 Prue was setting up for a function at work when she felt a sharp pain in her stom…
A 32 Hour Labour & An Emergency C Section: Leigh Campbell’s Birth Story
In this weeks episode, Ksenija is pulling our attention back to an incredible interview between Jessie Stephens and Nothing To Wear & You Beauty host Leigh Campbell. When it comes to life, Leigh Camp…
After 8 Years Of Trying, Her Sister Became Her Surrogate.
When Carly's doctor told her it was time to consider surrogacy after 25 failed IVF transfers, her sister Sophie had already made an offer that would transform their family forever. After eight years …
Needles & Stitches: The Surprising Birth Story Of Fiona Falkiner
On this weeks episode, we take a look back at an insightful interview Mamamia's very own Jessie Stephens had with Model and former Biggest Loser host Fiona Falkiner and her now wife, journalist Hayle…
Dealing With TAPS: One Of The Rarest Twin Complications Ever
When Marni's IVF embryo spontaneously split at 13 weeks, she was excited to be bringing not one but two babies into the world. But over half way through her pregnancy her doctors discovered one of th…
The Lightning Fast Labour That Ended on the Ensuite Floor
When Lauren planned her second birth, she envisioned a calm home birth with her private midwife—complete with a birth pool, fairy lights, and her trusted care team by her side. After feeling unsuppor…
The Anaesthesia Resistance That Left Doctors Shocked
After having to go under general anaesthetics for the birth of her first baby, Jordan spent her second pregnancy working with anaesthetists to ensure she'd be awake for baby Dakota's arrival. But whe…
The Mum Who Learned To Walk Three Times
Pregnancy is often described as a transformative journey, but for Briar, it became something far more complex. Having already navigated the life-altering experience of spinal surgery and disability i…
The Mum Who Discovered She Had Placenta Accreta 6 Weeks After Giving Birth
After navigating IVF and finally welcoming her beautiful daughter Camilla into the world, Anna Bamford's birth journey took an unexpected and frightening turn. In this weeks episode, Anna shares her …
The Mum Whose Embryos Went Missing on her Surrogacy Journey
After years of heartache, disappointment, and countless tears, Kirsten McLennan discovered her endometrial lining was too thin to nurture a pregnancy—a devastating revelation after multiple failed IV…
The Mum Whose Husband Slept Through The Entire Birth with Lucinda Pikkat
When contractions began during a Succession marathon with her mum, Lucinda Pikkat wasn't particularly concerned—her husband Simon was asleep at home an hour away, and surely there would be plenty of…
The Mum Whose Water Broke in the Hospital Carpark with Sarah Davidson
In this weeks episode, Seize the Yay's Sarah Davidson takes us through her emotional journey to motherhood—one made even more unique by her experience as a cross-cultural adoptee. From experiencing a…
The Mum Diagnosed With Cancer Two Days Before Learning She Was Pregnant
Imagine discovering you're pregnant just two days after receiving a rare blood cancer diagnosis at 30. For journalist Elle Halliwell, this unimaginable scenario became reality when her routine health…
The Mum Whose C-Section Anaesthesia Failed in Sweden
When Mamamia's Head of Content, Eliza, found herself unexpectedly pregnant with her third child during what was meant to be a one-year Swedish adventure, life took a beautiful detour. But her planned…
The Mum Whose Spontaneous Triplets Arrived All at Once
When 26-year-old Silje and her husband Jordan decided to expand their family beyond their 18-month-old son Mads, they never imagined what would happen next. In today's episode, Silje shares the breat…
The Mum Who Survived The Most Dangerous Birth Complication
This episode of Diary of a Birth contains graphic descriptions including blood loss and traumatic injury. Please proceed with caution. Additional resources can be found in the show notes.
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The Mum Who's Birth Surprised Even Her Doctor
From epidural to delivery in minutes—Nikolina's second baby Leo stunned even veteran doctors with his lightning-fast arrival.
Despite a physically "cruisy" pregnancy with her children just 16 months …