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'My birth was so traumatic, I discharged myself from hospital against medical advice.'

‘We just don’t understand.’ Teresa Palmer opens up on the pregnancy loss of her fifth child.

Hailey and Justin Bieber are expecting their first child together.

Georgina Jelovic

While Gabrielle Union struggled to get pregnant, her husband had a baby with another woman.

MAFS star Holly Greenstein froze 2 embryos with her partner. Then he changed his mind.

Henry was grown inside a womb donated by his grandmother.

'I made a pros and cons list of having another baby. The cons list is LONNNNG.'

'My boyfriend told me he was away for work. He was down the road with his partner and kids.'

'I couldn't stand up, I was in that much pain.' Brittany Hockley shares her IVF journey.

Chelsea McLaughlin

'The worst pain imaginable.' Why women are recording their IUD insertions.

'My partner was over the moon when I fell pregnant. Just a few weeks later, he changed.'

MICHELLE BATTERSBY: ‘I delayed a baby for my career. Now that I’m pregnant, I want to call out why I hesitated.'

Michelle Battersby

Jamie's doctor put her symptoms down to first time pregnancy. The reality was much worse.

The 25-year-old woman sentenced for being a serial pregnancy faker.

Read before you freeze: How egg freezing became women’s insurance policy.

Chloe and Paul Fisher are expecting a baby. Their pregnancy journey was a 'living nightmare'.

'Before I get torn to shreds.' A handmade baby gift and the beginning of a family dilemma.

Shannen Findlay

Lizzie Sobinoff had a weird feeling postpartum. She found out there were bugs 'living inside' her.

Shannen Findlay

7 days ago, Christie Hayes had a miscarriage. She's honouring her baby with a special name.

'I did 13 rounds of IVF to become a solo mum by choice.'

During her pregnancy, Sophie drank occasionally. At 14, her son received a diagnosis.

The 'world's most identical twins' want to have babies with the same man.

Kelsey Hatcher is having two babies, in two separate wombs.

'I had a miscarriage. And I was secretly relieved.'

'Genetic testing of my twins led to an impossible decision. But I wouldn’t change anything.'

Fran Nolan-Isles

'I'm interviewing for jobs while pregnant. Do I really have to tell a potential employer?'

'My wife gave birth. I secretly let my mum meet the baby before hers.'

Shannen Findlay

‘We weren't ready.’ 16 famous women who have shared their abortion stories.

Shannen Findlay

Gender Reveal

The Bachelor's Sam and Snez have just shared the sex of their third baby.

Kayla Itsines and Tobi Pearce have shared their gender reveal video.

"What bothers me about gender reveal parties."

Prince Harry just announced what gender he hopes his and Meghan Markle's baby will be.

Chelsea McLaughlin

The creepily accurate gender prediction chart that tells us what Meghan Markle is having.

Jessica Chambers

There was a bit of hidden tension behind the scenes of Hilary Duff's gender reveal.

Kate Hudson just announced she's expecting her third child with a stunning gender reveal.

The baby gender prediction chart that's blowing everyone's minds.

Jessica Chambers

'My midwife spoiled my gender surprise. Am I silly for being sad?'

Demeter Stamell

The new 'bogan' baby reveal trend that has police warning new parents.

The Bachelor's Bec Chin shares the sex of her baby with a gender reveal cake.

Lauren Conrad just revealed her baby's gender on Instagram.

The new trend in gender reveals is guns. Wait, what?

"I carried a lemon with me everywhere." 21 women share the pregnancy tip they swear by.

'My teeth were damaged from the vomiting.' What it's really like to be sick during pregnancy.

From discharge to body hair: A complete guide to 21 lesser-known pregnancy symptoms.

"I felt poisoned." Four women on the reality of having hyperemesis gravidarum.

'Docs said I had every single symptom of postnatal depression. My misdiagnosis almost killed me.'

'I'm not ready, I'm scared.' Gogglebox's Isabelle Silbery shares her emotional birth story.

Isabelle Silbery

'Instagram gave me warped expectations about my first few hours as a mum.'

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have welcomed their baby rockstar.

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'The days feel like years.' A diary of the two-week wait after IVF.

Emily Seebohm and Ryan Gallagher met on a reality show. They're now proud parents.

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'I felt so violated while giving birth that I had to hide in a bathroom.'

London just held its answer to the Met Gala, and precisely no one even knew it was happening.

More than 6,000 women told us exactly what they want for their next pregnancy and birth.

Hazel Keedle, Daniella Susic and Hannah Dahlen

'The weird countdown to a due date that has no baby.'

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8 truths you didn’t realise about egg freezing.

Two weeks ago, Jessie Stephens went to hospital. Then she ran into her doctor on ABC's Q&A.

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'My first pregnancy was terrifying. Here's how I decided to have baby number two.'

‘I was convinced I was going to lose my daughter.’ Matty J on the intensity of fatherhood.

'4 months after giving birth, I was still in too much pain for sex. Doctors told me I was "just nervous".'

'A midwife yelled at my wife to "get with the program" during birth. It was just the beginning.'

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