Don't you just love hearing stories about birth? We find women sharing their most intimate initiation into motherhood such powerful and compelling listening.

Melbourne mother-of-two Sophie Walker certainly shares our passion and, after the birth of her second son, she created the Australian Birth Stories podcast series to collate as many birth stories as possible. Her vision is for the collected series to serve as a library of women’s stories from right across Australia. We particularly love that the series showcases all the different types of births that are possible.

Sophie has interviewed all types of Australian women as well as some celebrities and holds number one spot on the iTunes Kids and Family section. Our very own Lael Stone features in Episode 12! The series is free to listen on the AuBS website or the iTunes store with new episodes each week. So next time you're doing the housework or taking a solo drive in the car, pop on an episode and prepare to laugh, cry and celebrate birth.