But British-born Seeff, a Tel Aviv resident who made aliyah 16 years ago, gave birth to her her third son in June in rather extraordinary circumstances thanks to Israel's 12-day war with Iran.
Going into labour on the evening of June 17, she was forced to give birth in a bomb shelter as the missiles fell around her.
She could hear sirens and explosions from the bombardment of Tel Aviv as she went into labour[Missing Credit]
She told the JC: "We've had sirens for three years, but these were on another level.
"One of my biggest worries was being on the way to hospital and being caught by a siren, having to jump out of the car to run to a shelter.
"I called an ambulance in advance and, when it arrived, it was four female paramedics, one of whom was a doula, which already made me feel more comfortable."
Seeff was transferred to a hospital and rushed into the improvised labour ward housed in a bomb shelter.
"It was just one big space separated by a dozen curtains," she said. "But, by that point, I didn't really care - I knew it was a protected space."
Seeff went on: "Literally as I was getting an epidural, we could hear sirens, explosions and interceptions overhead.
"Fortunately the anaesthetist had a steady hand, he was cool as a cucumber, he just kept doing his job.
"It was like being in a movie, giving birth in a bomb shelter with sirens overhead."
Natalie named her son Leon, partially as a nod to Operation Rising Lion[Missing Credit]
The next morning, Seeff welcomed a baby boy, whom she named Leon - both a nod to Operation Rising Lion, the Israeli codename for the war, and the Hebrew "לי און" (Li-On), meaning "my strength".
Since then, things have largely returned to normal, she added, with the ceasefire with Iran providing a welcome respite from days spent running to a shelter with a newborn or entertaining his two brothers, both under five and with “serious cabin fever” after weeks of no school.
But Seef’s post-natal journey was not without struggles.
The paediatrician set to give Leon his vaccinations was stranded abroad during the war and returned to find her home destroyed, while his bris was almost called off after the mohel was too far away to risk the drive amid the bombardment.
Fortunately, though, she was able to make other arrangements and is now looking forward to bringing up her baby boy, safe in the knowledge that he has been a survivor since the first minute of his life.
"It's insane to think about it," she said. "People before the war had normal births and since the ceasefire it's mostly gone back to normal, there was just this two-week window where it was anything but.
"It's just a matter of luck, I guess."
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