The Delivery Room

Serenity Mackay had always wanted to give birth in water. She loved the beach and swimming, and that's where she felt most comfortable. But unfortunately when she fell pregnant, water birth wasn’t an option at her local hospital.

Nevertheless, as a proud first nations woman with ties to the Biripi nation, Serenity was determined to feel connected to the earth on which she gave birth. So she sought the help of the Waminda Birthing On Country program to make her delivery as culturally significant as possible.

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Serenity Mackay & Melanie Briggs

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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What happens when you give birth to two sets of twins in 2 years? A bloody good story, that’s what.

Today on The Delivery Room, Jessie Stephens is sitting down with her mother Anne to find out what happened when Anne found herself pregnant, with twins, two times in a row. 

The first time, Anne had a vaginal birth. But the second? She needed a C-Section, this is her story...

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Anne Stephens

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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When Louisa Dow found out she was pregnant, she had a feeling she was having twins. She had no proof… but it was just a feeling she couldn’t shake. And of course, she was right. But what Louisa and her partner Mick didn’t know was that their twins shared the same placenta. This made Louisa’s pregnancy extremely high risk. And extremely rare. Then, 32 weeks into the pregnancy, Louisa had a ‘veiled birth’... or a ‘mermaid birth’. Which in some cultures, they believe are magic...

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Lousia Dow

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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Prue Thomas was 19 and setting up for a function at work when she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. As the day went on, the pain increased, so Prue and her mum headed to the hospital. It was here, that Prue found out that her pain was actually labour. Prue was about to give birth, and up until that point, she didn't realise she was pregnant.

This is her story...

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Prue Thomas

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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It was early 2010, and Fran and her husband of 3 years, Tom, decided to take the next step in their relationship. They bought a dog. But a month later? They were pregnant. And the level of responsibility they had wanted went up. A lot. And while Fran was excited to have a baby on the way, she was also a little scared of the idea of actually giving birth.

On this episode of The Delivery Room, we learn all about a planned C-Section…

CREDITS

Host:  Jessie Stephens 

Guests: Fran Romano

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

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