But at 32 weeks pregnant, Ms Paranthoiene suffered a placental abruption - a complication where the placenta separates from the uterine wall before birth - leading to the stillbirth of her daughter Bonnie.
"We had just celebrated our baby shower the week before and I had been given so many presents," she told AAP.
"Everyone was so excited because we had been trying to conceive for so long and for it to end like that was a huge shock for everyone."
On average, six babies are stillborn everyday in Australia, a figure higher than the national road toll.
While Bonnie's death was not preventable, Ms Paranthoiene says many are and she is calling for a national stillbirth awareness campaign for mums-to-be.
Similar to the safe sleep initiative which has dramatically reduced sudden infant death syndrome, a stillbirth education campaign would help parents know the risks and monitor their pregnancy.
Research shows up to 30 per cent of stillbirths could be avoided through better awareness and education around risk factors.
These include monitoring reduced fetal movements, sleeping on your side in late pregnancy and avoiding smoking and secondhand smoke.
"I didn't realise how high the numbers (of stillbirths) were until we were a statistic," Ms Paranthoiene said.
"If it was shared as common advice it would make people feel not so alone because I remember laying in the hospital thinking I was the only person in the world who this had happened to."
This week in parliament, the federal government introduced Baby Priya's Bill, named after Priya who died when she was just 42 days old.
If passed, the bill will add to the Fair Work Act that unless employers and employees have expressly agreed otherwise, employer-funded paid parental leave must not be cancelled because a child is stillborn or dies following birth.
This brings it in line with government paid parental leave.
"Parents should not have to deal with uncertainty about their employer-funded paid parental leave entitlements on top of their grief," Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth said.
"It is important parents don't find themselves having to negotiate with employers over their leave arrangements at such a difficult moment, giving them time and space to grieve."
Ms Paranthoiene went on to have two more children, Inka, 3, and Hartley, 17 months.
But every year on Bonnie's birthday, she donates hundreds of keepsake items like blankets and tiny beanies for other families experiencing infant loss, in her daughter's honour.
"In our experience, there was a real lack of resources in the hospital and I thought I would love to provide something families could be given for their babies to touch and for parents to bring home as a keepsake," she said.
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