Positive Birth Stories
Read real, positive birth stories from our community. From inductions, C-sections, twin births, vbac, homebirths, water birth, elective c-sections, second time mum births and more there’s hundred’s of birth stories for you to read. Looking for a particular kind of birth story? You can use our search bar or filter below to find it. If you would like to submit your own birth story, please do so here.
Birth type
- Birth Centre
- Group B Strep
- Home Birth
- Second Time Mum
- VBAC
- breech
- fifth time mum
- first time mum
- fourth time mum
- gentle cesarean
- gestational diabetes
- home birth
- hospital birth
- induction
- midwife led unit
- natural twin birth
- obstetric cholestasis
- planned cesarean
- pre-eclampsia
- second time mum
- third time mum
- twin pregnancy
- unplanned cesarean
- vaginal birth
- water birth
Birth Story - Rachel and baby Rufus
Rachel is a second time mum who wanted to feel more in control for her second birth. After completing the digital pack she used her toolbox of techniques to have a calm and relaxed labour for almost the whole time at home and then had her baby boy 8 minutes after arriving at hospital! Read her incredible birth story here…
Birth Story - Jenny and baby Robyn
Jenny is a first time mum who gave birth in the water at the midwife led unit of her local hospital. After attending a course with her husband she used all of the tools she had learnt to labour calmly and confidently and had an incredibly empowering birth. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth Story - Charlene and baby Frankie
Charlene is a second time mum who gave birth in the water at her local birth centre. She used the tools learnt from the digital pack to calm her anxiety following a tricky first birth and had a truly magical birth with no intervention or pain relief, read her positive birth story here…
Birth Story - Charlotte and baby Primrose
Charlotte is a first time mum who had an unplanned c-section after she discovered her baby was breech 26 hours in to her labour. She used all the tools she had learnt from the digital pack to remain calm and to make informed decisions and she navigated her birth and the change of plan with complete confidence. Here’s her amazing positive birth story…
Birth Story - Carly and baby Blossom
Carly is a first time mum who gave birth to her baby girl in the water at her local midwife-led birthing unit. She used all the tools learnt from the digital pack and had an incredibly empowering birth. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth Story - Kate and baby Dylan
Kate is a first time mum who had planned a home birth but for a number of reasons ended up on the labour ward. Despite this, she and her husband worked together like a dream team, using all they had learnt on the course, and she gave birth to her little boy naturally, just as she wanted. Read her beautiful birth story here…
Birth Story - Soraya and baby Alfred
Soraya is a first time mum who had a beautiful gentle c-section at her local hospital. Here she shares how she used all the tools learnt on the hypnobirthing course to have a calm and positive birth experience…
Birth Story - The beautiful birth of Ailbe Fox
Siobhan is a third time mum who gave birth in the birth pool at her local birth centre and finally got the water birth she wanted! Read her beautiful, positive birth story here...
Birth Story - Sophie and baby Indigo
Sophie is a second time mum who gave birth at home (unplanned) after her baby girl decided to come sooner rather than later! After a difficult experience with her first, Sophie found her second birth an incredibly healing and empowering experience. Read her positive birth story here...
Birth Story - Paige and baby Jeconah
Paige is a first time mum who gave birth to her baby boy in the birth pool at her local birth centre. Her birth was quick and very comfortable and she needed no intervention or pain relief. Read her positive birth story here...
Birth Story - Terianne and baby Dorothy
Teri is a first time mum who gave birth to her baby completely naturally with no interventions or pain relief, with the support of her husband at her local hospital. Here she shares her incredible and very positive birth story....
Birth Story - Lucy and baby Ezra
Lucy gave birth to her baby at her local midwife led unit. She completed the digital pack as she was nervous of labour and she found it helped her immensely, giving her the tools to help her experience a calm and natural, waterbirth. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth Story - Lizzie and baby Mabel
Lizzie is a second time mum who gave birth to her baby girl at home in the birth pool, as planned. This is was her second home birth. Read her amazing and positive birth story....
Birth Story - Lydia and baby Albert
Lydia is a first time mum who gave birth to her baby in hospital with some assistance towards the end. She shares how hypnobirthing helped her have the positive and happy birth experience she wished for, even after her birth plan changed...
Birth Story - Eshere and baby Penelope
Eshere is a second time mum who gave birth to her baby girl at home in the birth pool. Eshere had a more difficult birth with her first child in hospital and found this birth very healing. Read her story here...
Birth Story - Angelique and baby Ayla
Angelique is a first time mum who gave birth to her baby at home, naturally in the birth pool, as planned. She shares her very positive birth story here...
Birth Story - Katie and baby Digby
Katie is a first time mum who gave birth to her baby boy at home in the birth pool as planned. Here she shares her amazing story....
Birth Story - Kate and baby Sonny
Kate gave birth to her second baby by planned gentle c-section, due to developing gestational diabetes. Here she shares how she used everything she learnt on the hypnobirthing course to ensure a calm, gentle and very positive birth for herself and her baby boy....
Birth Story - Jen and baby Bram
Jen is a first time mum who gave birth to her baby boy within 20 minutes of arriving at her local hospital. She birthed her baby quickly, naturally and without any intervention or pain relief. Read her story here...
Birth Story - Iona and baby Mila
Iona is a first time who gave birth to her baby girl with a little help towards the end. Iona found the hypnobirthing tools she had learnt and practiced helped even when her birth plan changed. Read her story here...