The Delivery Room

By: Mamamia Podcasts
  • Summary

  • Jessie Stephens is terrified of birth, but one day she’d like to have a baby. That’s why she’s hosting The Delivery Room. Over eight weeks join Jessie as she speaks to eight different women about eight very different births. Will her new friends make her more comfortable with the experience? Or will this experiment have the opposite effect?

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Episodes
  • Jules Robinson's pre-eclampsia struggle
    Jan 7 2025

    Jules Robinson tells her incredible birth story with Carter. After doing everything ‘right’ in pregnancy, Carter had his own plans and entered the world in an exhausting and dramatic fashion! Jules details how she worked to stay in tune with her own body during a challenging labour and post-partum period, and shares her struggles with pre-eclampsia. Dr Golly explains this condition and what you can do to avoid it.

    Diary Of A Birth features mums telling their miraculous stories of bringing life into the world, and we have all medical questions and concerns cleared up by one of Australia’s favourite paediatricians, Dr Golly.

    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.

    THE END BITS:
    Support independent women's media
    Follow Diary Of A Birth on Instagram

    If you’re looking for something else to listen to, check out our hilarious and seriously unhelpful podcast The Baby Bubble hosted by Clare and Jessie Stephens.

    Mamamia has a podcast for every stage of parenthood.
    Our parenting podcast is This Glorious Mess.
    If you’re pregnant, listen to The Delivery Room and Hello Bump.
    And if you’re trying or preg-curious, Get Me Pregnant and Before The Bump are for you.

    CREDITS:
    Host: Ksenija Lukich
    Expert: Dr Golly
    Executive Producer: Georgie Page
    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    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/mplus/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    29 mins
  • Extra - The Mum Whose Felt Her Baby’s Foot Come Out Of Her
    Jan 5 2025

    Monika Radulovic has one of the most dramatic birth stories you can imagine - involving a last-minute breech baby literally hanging out of her and a crazy ambulance dash to hospital. You will not believe how this New Years baby came into the world.

    Diary Of A Birth features mums telling their miraculous stories of bringing life into the world, and we have all medical questions and concerns cleared up by one of Australia’s favourite paediatricians, Dr Golly.

    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.

    THE END BITS:
    Support independent women's media
    Follow Diary Of A Birth on Instagram

    If you’re looking for something else to listen to, check out our hilarious and seriously unhelpful podcast The Baby Bubble hosted by Clare and Jessie Stephens.

    Mamamia has a podcast for every stage of parenthood.
    Our parenting podcast is This Glorious Mess.
    If you’re pregnant, listen to The Delivery Room and Hello Bump.
    And if you’re trying or preg-curious, Get Me Pregnant and Before The Bump are for you.

    CREDITS:
    Host: Ksenija Lukich
    Expert: Dr Golly
    Executive Producer: Georgie Page
    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    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/mplus/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    32 mins
  • Extra - Ksenija Lukich Gave Birth Not Knowing The Epidural Was Detached
    Jan 1 2025

    This birth story involves a cervix that just wouldn’t dilate, an epidural that didn’t quite do its job, and a baby delivered with forceps. But it turned out to be an incredibly positive experience for the mum, Diary Of A Birth’s host Ksenija Lukich. Ksenija shares her own touching story of birthing Mimi.

    Diary Of A Birth features mums telling their miraculous stories of bringing life into the world, and we have all medical questions and concerns cleared up by one of Australia’s favourite paediatricians, Dr Golly.

    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.

    THE END BITS:
    Support independent women's media
    Follow Diary Of A Birth on Instagram

    If you’re looking for something else to listen to, check out our hilarious and seriously unhelpful podcast The Baby Bubble hosted by Clare and Jessie Stephens.

    Mamamia has a podcast for every stage of parenthood.
    Our parenting podcast is This Glorious Mess.
    If you’re pregnant, listen to The Delivery Room and Hello Bump.
    And if you’re trying or preg-curious, Get Me Pregnant and Before The Bump are for you.

    CREDITS:
    Host: Ksenija Lukich
    Expert: Dr Golly
    Executive Producer: Georgie Page
    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    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/mplus/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    27 mins

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