Author: Meg Roberts I saw an ad once for a new birthing centre on the Sunshine Coast. It said if you have experienced any of these situations, then we are the birthing centre for your next child: High risk pregnancy Low birth weight baby High birth weight baby Pre-eclampsia Caesarian Section VBAC Wow, I didn’t […]
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Author: Lauren Sinclair MCDA Twins born at 29 weeks On October 30th 2019, after a horribly painful last week of pregnancy, our MCDA twins Poppy and Layla were born after sudden onset Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome at 29 weeks. After being lucky enough to escape the early risk of TTTS in MCDA twins, within a
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Author: Anonymous I gave birth to twins during the enforced lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic. I also gave birth to my singleton in a pre-covid world. The hardest part of birthing twins during COVID-19 In 2020, during the birth of my twins, I was unable to have any physical contact with my singleton for the
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Author: Tiffany Visser My drug free natural twin birth After a mere 16 minutes of pushing I had just given birth to TWO children and I had done it drug free. Here is my twin birth story. 36 weeks pregnant with MCDA twins On the evening of April 27th 2016 I was getting ready for
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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Twin Pregnancy Author: Emily Giannone As far as my twin pregnancy was concerned, up until the boys’ birth, it was relatively uneventful (aside from the draining, constant nausea, and vomiting – yay genetics…thanks Mum). During the third trimester, I began to experience significant shortness of breath, heart palpitations and panic attacks (not
Author: Katie Bowman When I found out I was pregnant with DCDA twins, I felt personally attacked by my uterus and the idea of birthing twins sent me into a spiral of anxiety and panic. The words premature birth and c-section flashed into my mind because they were the only things I ever heard about
Twins born vaginally at 38 weeks. My twin birth story. Read More »
Author: Jemma Cullen Giving birth to twins while in isolation In July 2019 I was eagerly awaiting the arrival of our second and third children, MCDA twins (their gender a surprise even to us!). I spent my days resting where possible and enjoying time with our daughter, Hazel (3 years old). A caesarean had been
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Author: Amanda Curran, Registered Psychologist Dealing with the anxiety around COVID-19 Information is coming from every angle, and it’s confusing. Things are changing by the day, and even by the hour. It would be easy to panic, feel your heart race when someone sneezes or coughs around you, but is this helpful? For the majority
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Author: Emma Tyler Our rainbow story I guess started like many others, it was eight years ago, with a desperate desire to add to our little family. This road was proven to not be an easy one after trying to fall pregnant naturally for so long and so challenged us both in all aspects; physically,
Twins born on different days. Twins born four days apart have different star signs. Read More »
Author: Jenny Cutting I’m writing this to make other mothers aware of multiple caesareans and Placenta Accreta. I never knew the dangers until it happened with my last child. Here is my story. My twin birth 2004 I was blessed to have given birth to two beautiful little twin boys via caesarean. This was
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