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 - Mum and baby boy
This first time mum had her baby in hospital at 40 weeks + 6 days. She completed the digital pack and was able to use hypnobirthing tools to advocate for herself. She says, My labor and delivery experience was a dream come true. It was hard, but I did it. I felt so empowered.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Nicole and baby girl
Nicole is a second time mum who had a healing birth at a midwife led unit, at 38 weeks + 6 days. She says, ‘I had the unmedicated VBAC I worked my butt off for. I am not broken as I feared I was from my first birth experience. I am strong and powerful.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Sara and baby girl
Sara is a third time mum who had her baby in hospital at 39 weeks + 1 day. After her birth she said, ‘I felt confident and empowered after educating myself on birth and watching the hypnobirthing videos from the Positive Birth Company.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Alexis and baby Minerva
Alexis is a second time mum who had her baby in the pool at a midwife led unit, in California, at 39 weeks + 6 weeks. She armed herself with knowledge and tools which empowered her to have the birth she dreamed of. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Cassandra and baby Marisol
Cassandra is a first time mum who had a cesarean, due to baby being breech, at 41 weeks + 2 days. She says, ‘To make sure I had the birth I deserved, I advocated for myself, I learned to ask “why?”, educated myself, and trusted my intuition.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Danielle and baby girl
Danielle is a second time mum who had a VBAC, at home, at 41 weeks + 6 days. She had not ‘planned’ on birthing at home but baby had other ideas, however, she still describes her birth as, ‘the best experience.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Miriam and baby boy
Miriam is a second time mum who had her baby in a midwife led unit, in America, at 39 weeks + 1 day. She describes her birth as, ‘Fast and yet it felt slow, unrushed, peaceful and powerful. Remarkable.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Nicole and baby Robin
‘Guys. Birth is awesome. Hypnobirthing is awesome, I feel so incredibly healed and validated by this birth.’ After an unplanned c-section first time around, Nicole, a third time mum who had her 2nd VBAC in hospital at 39 weeks + 3 days, celebrates her healing birth experience. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Codi and baby Harbor
Codi is a third time mum who had a water birth at home, at 40 weeks + 2 days. She says, ‘Home birth was the most amazing thing I’ve ever done in my life and I would do it over and over.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Kaitlin and baby Jami Marie
Kaitlin is a third time mum who had a water birth in a midwife led unit, in America, at 37 weeks + 6 days. She stayed calm and focused throughout and trusted her body to birth her baby. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Mary and baby Maisie
Mary is a first time mum who had her baby in hospital at 39 weeks + 6 days. She completed the digital pack and says, ‘Taking this course helped so much. I watched all the videos with my mom and my husband and the three of us being on the same page with my preferences and how I wanted the experience to go was so vital.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Josie and baby Milo
Josie is a second time mum who had her baby in the pool at a midwife led unit, at 38 weeks + 6 days. She says, ‘I can’t thank the PBC enough for giving me the tools to trust my mind and body.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Siobhan and baby Finnegan
Siobhan is a third time mum who had a water birth at a midwife led unit, at 40 weeks + 3 days. She says, ‘I’m so grateful that I finally got the kind of birth experience I had dreamed of! Thank you for making such a wonderful course that helped me make that dream a reality.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Hannah and baby Miles
Hannah is a first time mum who had her baby in hospital at 40 weeks + 5 days. She used up breathing and the support of her birth partner to help her through labour. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Tauri and baby Baker
Tauri is a third time mum who had her baby in hospital at 39 weeks. It was rather frantic when she arrived at hospital but her husband was able to advocate for her and help her to have the best birth possible for her and her baby. Read their positive birth story here…
Birth story - Gretchen and baby Carmen
Gretchen is a first time mum who had her baby in hospital at 40 weeks + 3 days. She used hypnobirthing to help her through labour and says, ‘I can see how much PBC helped me mentally and physically.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Ayelet and baby boy
Ayelet is a third time mum who had her baby in hospital at 39 weeks + 2 days. She say, ‘This course helped me so much with being familiar with the parts of labor I was experiencing and identifying them.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Andrea and baby Maren Mae
Andrea is a first time mum who had her baby in hospital at 40 weeks + 2 days. She completed the digital pack and thanks the PBC for helping to make her birth, ’everything and more than I could’ve imagined.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Rebekah and baby Emmett
Rebekah is a first time mum who was induced in hospital and ended up having an unplanned cesarean, at 38 weeks + 4 days. Her labour did not progress as she had hoped but she says, ‘Though I don’t want to do it all again, I would do it in a heartbeat for him.’ Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Brittany and baby Quincy
Brittany is a first time mum who had her baby at home at 40 weeks + 2 days, in Alabama. She chose to labour at home as she felt she would be calmest there and, with the support of her husband, she stayed focused and in control. Read her positive birth story here…