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Diary Of A Birth

Diary Of A Birth

By: Mamamia Podcasts
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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.

2026 Mamamia Social Sciences
Episodes
  • SUBS: MAMAMIA OUT LOUD TASTER — Jessie and Clare Stephens' Weird Twin Shit Just Got Weirder

    SUBS: MAMAMIA OUT LOUD TASTER — Jessie and Clare Stephens' Weird Twin Shit Just Got Weirder
    Feb 13 2026
    Enjoy this free bite of Mia Freedman exploring what we're (scientifically) calling 'weird twin shit' with resident Mamamia twins, Jessie (pregnant with twins) and Clare Stephens (she has news). Catch the full chaos of Jessie And Clare Stephens’ Weird Twin Shit Just Got Weirder by subscribing. Not a subscriber yet? Honestly, why wait? Jessie Stephens is pregnant with twins — which feels cosmically aggressive when you remember she is a twin (to Clare Stephens — keep up, people). Especially when you consider that Jessie and Clare were raised by a woman who had two sets of identical twins herself. And yes, Anne Stevens would like the universe to calm down. On this subscriber episode, Mia Freedman gets Jessie and Clare in the studio to unpack eerie twin intuition (just one example: Clare knew Jessie had two heartbeats going on in her womb before Jessie even told her), and the very real logistics of carrying two babies at once. We talk: Why some people say “How exciting!” at the news of twins while others go instantly grey The science vs superstition of twins having twins Miscarriage, sibling timing, and the emotional whiplash of joy and fear Collapsed ribs, reflux, and the indignity of sleeping upright Plus, there’s debate about birth-room access, grandparent maths, and whether 'weird twin shit' is now officially hereditary. It’s intimate. It’s chaotic. It’s extremely twin-coded.Remember, this is your free sample of Mamamia Out Loud's subs episode. Listen to the full Clare and Jessie debrief by subscribing. What To Listen To Next: Listen to our latest episode: An Affair Confession Live On AirListen: The Best (And Worst) Generations Of Parents. A Leaderboard!Listen: The Most Bizarre Celebrity Profile We’ve Ever ReadListen: Do I Matter? & The Bathroom TabooListen: The Female Emaciation Era — Holly & Jessie Weigh InListen: An Urgent Theory About Kim Kardashian & Lewis HamiltonListen: Scurrilous Gossip - Karl Stefanovic, Melania Trump & Sydney Sweeney, Oh MyListen: Fertility Vampires & The Murkiness Of 'Affair Baiting'Listen: Jessie's Twins Update & What We Really Did Over The HolidaysConnect your subscription to Apple Podcasts Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts. SUBSCRIBE here: Support independent women's media Watch Mamamia Out Loud: Mamamia Out Loud on YouTube What to read: JESSIE STEPHENS: On being pregnant with twins. As a twin. With twin brothers."We lived 30 years as fraternal twins. Then, two weeks ago, we took a test."CLARE STEPHENS: 'The story of how I became a (very viral) meme.'CLARE STEPHENS: A rude stranger, a note from a neighbour and the age of utter intolerance. THE END BITS: Check out our merch at MamamiaOutLoud.com GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening. Send us an email at outloud@mamamia.com.au Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message. Join our Facebook group Mamamia Outlouders to talk about the show. Follow us on Instagram @mamamiaoutloud and on Tiktok @mamamiaoutloudSupport the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    4 mins
  • SUMMER LISTENING: What It Means To Give Birth On Country

    SUMMER LISTENING: What It Means To Give Birth On Country
    Jan 8 2026

    This summer we've curated your Diary Of A Birth playlist, bringing you our even more birth stories with unmissable episodes from the Delivery Room podcast.

    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.

    Listen to more from Delivery Room here.

    CREDITS

    Host: Jessie Stephens

    Guests: Serenity Mackay & Melanie Briggs

    Producer: Gia Moylan

    Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Tell us what you think of the show! Send an email to podcast@mamamia.com.au.

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    The Delivery Room is a podcast by Mamamia. Listen to more Mamamia podcasts here.

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

    Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

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    23 mins
  • SUMMER LISTENING: Anne Stephens Gave Birth To Two Sets Of Twins In 2 Years

    SUMMER LISTENING: Anne Stephens Gave Birth To Two Sets Of Twins In 2 Years
    Jan 6 2026

    This summer we've curated your Diary Of A Birth playlist, bringing you our even more birth stories with unmissable episodes from the Delivery Room podcast.

    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...

    Listen to more from Delivery Room here.

    CREDITS

    Host: Jessie Stephens

    Guests: Anne Stephens

    Producer: Gia Moylan

    Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Tell us what you think of the show! Send an email to podcast@mamamia.com.au.

    Want this and other podcasts delivered straight to your inbox? Subscribe to our podcast newsletter.

    The Delivery Room is a podcast by Mamamia. Listen to more Mamamia podcasts here.

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

    Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    26 mins
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