After experiencing a traumatic emergency cesarean with her first child at just 28 weeks, Rikki Lee Calleja shares how her healing VBAC birth experience with daughter Lily five years later was so transformative, it inspired her to become a doula herself.

Through education, determination and support from her husband and doula, Rikki's successful vaginal birth after cesarean became a pivotal moment that helped her overcome past trauma and discover her incredible strength.

Diary Of A Birth features mums telling their miraculous stories of bringing life into the world. If you’d like to share your birth story, we’d love to hear from you at podcast@mamamia.com.au or send us a voice note here.

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Birth Story: Rikki Lea Calleja

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Audio Producer: Leah Porges

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Welcome to Hello, Bump, a podcast about what you’re not expecting when you’re expecting.

In this episode, hosts Jana Pittman and Grace Rouvray help you navigate finding out you’re pregnant, which often happens after a missed period around the four-week mark.

They’ll walk you through the physical changes, emotional ups and downs and give you practical tips on what you can do at this point in the pregnancy.

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Jana Pittman and Grace Rouvray

Executive Producer: Courtney Ammenhauser

Audio Production: Thom Lion

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Ah the baby bubble.

Full of sleepless nights, feeding struggles, meltdowns (yours, not the baby) nappy blowouts... and then they're one.

In the final episode of season 2, beloved weatherman, media personality and author Sam Mac joins us to reminisce on the first year of his daughter's life.

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Hosts: Clare Stephens & Jessie Stephens
Producer: Taylah Strano
Audio Producer: Tegan Sadler

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.

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