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 - Claire and baby Elise
Claire is a first time mum who had a natural, waterbirth at home. Although she had been classed as high risk, Claire did a lot of research and decided that a home birth would be best for her and her baby. She gained valuable information from the digital pack and went on to have a positive birth experience. Read her story here…
Birth story - Verity and baby Piper
Verity is a first time mum who gave birth at her local midwife led unit at 42 weeks. As a result of completing the digital pack she went into labour knowing that her body was made to birth her baby so she was able to keep calm when things became more complicated than envisioned. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Leanne and baby Lily
Leanne is a second time mum who had a water birth at a local midwife led unit. She completed the digital pack and found the knowledge of what her body was doing and the science behind it really helped her during labour. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Megan and baby Theo
Megan is a first time mum who had a waterbirth at her local midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 5 days. She completed the digital pack and went on to have a positive birth experience, aided significantly by her partner Nick. Read her story here…
Birth story - Rebecca and baby Jacob
Rebecca is a second time mum who gave birth in a pool at home. She completed the digital pack and went on to have an amazing birth experience which she attributes fully to the digital pack. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Paige and baby Fraser
Paige is a first time mum who gave birth to her baby at home at 38 weeks + 1 day. She completed the digital pack and went on to have a natural waterbirth at home. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Felicity and baby Noah
Felicity is a second time mum who was induced in hospital at 37 weeks + 1 day. She was able to use BRAIN when deciding to be induced and other techniques from the digital pack during labour, with the help of her husband to keep her focused. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Helen and baby girl
Helen is a second time mum who gave birth in a pool at home at 39 weeks + 4 days. She says that completing the digital pack gave her confidence to have a homebirth and helped to refresh her hypnobirthing knowledge. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Rachael and baby girl
Rachael is a second time mum who gave birth in the water at her local midwife led unit at 41 weeks. She found that completing the digital pack gave her confidence to trust her body and to go for the natural birth she had hoped for. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Rebecca and baby Jessie
Rebecca is a first time mum who gave birth in the water at her local midwife led unit at 41 weeks + 1 day. She was able to use the BRAIN acronym, from the digital pack, throughout, to help make her birth experience best for her and her baby. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Catherine and baby Laurie
Catherine is a second time mum who had a, last minute, water birth in a midwife led unit at 41 weeks + 3 days. She found the science section of the digital pack invaluable and was able to use BRAIN to decline induction and allow her baby to come when he was ready. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Kate and baby boy
Kate is a third time mum who had a natural, VBAC in the pool at her local midwife led unit. She discovered the digital pack at 33 weeks and found the science section and information about what is happening to the body at each stage of labour a great help. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Louise and baby Alicia
Louise is a second time mum who gave birth in a midwife led unit at 40 weeks - 5 days. She completed the digital pack and went on to have a positive and somewhat surprising birth. Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Emma and baby Everly
Emma is a first time mum who gave birth in her local midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 6 days. She completed the digital pack and went on to have the calm, water birth she had hoped for. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Bex and baby Phoenix
Bex is a first time mum who had a waterbirth at home at 40 weeks + 8 days. She attended the hypnobirthing course in Birmingham and described it as ‘life changing’ as it has helped her to cope with her anxiety as well as her birth! Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Mum and baby boy
This first time mum gave birth to her baby in the pool at her local midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 2 days. She used hypnobirthing techniques from the digital pack to help her through her labour. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Emily and baby Pippa
Emily is a second time mum who had a waterbirth at home at 40 weeks. She found the digital pack and used up breathing to help during labour. She had a negative experience with her first birth and has gone on this time to have a very positive and controlled birth. Read her story here…
The magical home birth of Arlo Bear - my Christmas Baby!
Siobhan is a mum of three boys, founder of The Positive Birth Company and author of ‘Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better’. This is the birth story of her second child who was born at home on the sofa, under the lights of the Christmas Tree.
Although it was her second birth experience, it was her first baby born using hypnobirthing techniques and was an incredibly powerful and healing experience after a difficult birth first time round.
Birth Story - Gemma and baby Harrison
Gemma is a first time mum who gave birth to baby Harrison in the water at her local birth centre. She found the Digital Pack at 38 weeks and used it to overcome her fears and have an amazing, empowering birth experience. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth Story - Beth and baby Alfred
Beth is a second time mum who gave birth to baby Alfred in the pool at her local midwife led unit. She navigated the changes to her birth plan with ease and used her hypnobirthing tools to remain focussed. Read her positive birth story here…