In this episode Erin Holland takes us from the very beginning, when a routine AMH blood test sent her and her husband Ben looking for answers, through four egg retrieval cycles, two spontaneous pregnancies that ended in loss, an ectopic pregnancy treated in Melbourne while she was away for work, a stage two Asherman syndrome diagnosis and twenty rounds of IVF. She then walks us through a pregnancy that looked straightforward until the 28 week scan, when her daughter dropped from the 17th centile to between the second and third.  What follows is weekly monitoring, a breech baby, a caesarean booked for the exact day her fertility specialist had predicted months earlier, and a four hour birth that did not go to plan. 

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In this episode Erin Holland takes us from the very beginning, when a routine AMH blood test sent her and her husband Ben looking for answers, through four egg retrieval cycles, two spontaneous pregnancies that ended in loss, an ectopic pregnancy treated in Melbourne while she was away for work, a stage two Asherman syndrome diagnosis and twenty rounds of IVF. She then walks us through a pregnancy that looked straightforward until the 28 week scan, when her daughter dropped from the 17th centile to between the second and third.&nbsp; What follows is weekly monitoring, a breech baby, a caesarean booked for the exact day her fertility specialist had predicted months earlier, and a four hour birth that did not go to plan.&nbsp;
Today's episode is brought to you by <a href="https://au.getcubo.com/products/cuboai-smart-baby-monitor">CuboAi </a>helping parents feel more at ease while their baby sleeps.
The CuboAi Smart Baby Monitor 3 features crystal-clear 2.5K video, night vision, covered-face and rollover alerts, plus AI-powered crying and coughing detection. Paired with the Sleep Sensor Pad, which sits safely beneath the mattress, it can also monitor baby's breathing movements without wires or wearables.
With sleep analytics and real-time alerts straight to your phone, CuboAi offers extra reassurance so you can rest a little easier.
Australian Birth Stories listeners can save an extra $20 on the CuboAi Sleep Safety Bundle with code ABS2026. This offer can be stacked with existing sales, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions. *Valid 9 November &ndash; 31 December 2026.

A Podcast of Mothers' stories of childbirth. Weekly interviews with mothers giving their first hand accounts of child birth in Australia. Designed to help educate and inform first time pregnant women, parents wanting to have better subsequent births and birth enthusiasts who love to hear and tell birth stories. An entertaining and heartfelt resource for pregnancy, labour and delivery and postpartum.