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
Shirin’s 9 Day Labour Positive Birth Story
My labour started on 20th December and my baby was born on 29th December -9 full days of powerful surges.
Birth story - Jess and baby Jamie
Jess is a second time mum who was induced in hospital at 39 weeks + 1 day, following PROM at 38 weeks. She says, ‘Once again this birth was not as I had ‘planned’ but being educated through the PBC course helped me to stay in control and feel empowered.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Mum and baby Girl
This third time mum had a water birth in a midwife led unit at 41 weeks + 5 days. The attending midwife said she had never witnessed anyone truly breathe their baby out the way she did and this mum says, ‘birth is the most empowering experience!’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Tenia and baby boy
Tenia is a second time mum who had her baby in a midwife led unit at 39 weeks + 4 days. She says, ‘I kept telling myself “my birth will be easy because I’m so relaxed!” and it was! I loved using the Freya timer and hypnobirthing affirmations.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Becky and baby girl
Becky is a first time mum who had her baby in the pool at her local midwife led unit, at 41 weeks + 1 day. She is a midwife who has done hypnobirthing training and also completed the digital pack, tools from which she used during birth, after which she, ‘felt so POWERFUL!💪’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Bianca and baby Maya
Bianca is a second time mum who had a water birth in a midwife led unit at 39 weeks + 5 days. She says, ‘I didn't at any point feel out of control, I felt fully supported and listened to by my mum, my husband, my midwife and my student midwife.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Sarah and baby Rafe
Sarah is a second time mum who had a water birth at her local midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 1 day. She used hypnobirthing techniques and found focussing on her breathing and having a positive mindset helped make her birth better. 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 - 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 - Amelia and baby girl
Amelia is a second time mum who had her baby in her local midwife led unit at 41 weeks + 3 days. She says, ‘Thank you to the PBC for making me not worry about labour with both my children, especially feeling super relaxed about this second one.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Lauren-Anne and baby Otis
Lauren-Anne is a second time mum who had a waterbirth in a midwife led unit, at 40 weeks + 6 days. She says, ‘My birthing experience is something ill treasure forever, it really was magical and I couldn’t have done it without the PBC.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Lauren and baby Isaac
Lauren is a first time mum who had a water birth at a midwife led unit, at 41 weeks + 5 days. She is grateful for the Positive Birth Company as she felt empowered to trust in her body and to advocate for herself and her baby after completing the digital pack. 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 - Emily and baby Abigail
Emily is a second time mum who had a waterbirth in a midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 4 days. She was so pleased to be able to have her dream water birth and a good recovery which she put down to, ‘the prayers that were prayed over [her], water birth and positive affirmations from PBC. [She] felt empowered.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Chloe and baby Maximus
Chloe is a second time mum who had a water birth in a midwife led unit at 37 weeks + 4 days. She says, ‘I am so thankful for PBC and the invaluable skills I learnt on the course, not just for the birth but both before and after whilst dealing with life’s challenges.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Jagvinder and baby Nyla
Jagvinder is a first time mum who had her baby in a midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 4 days. She practised hypnobirthing with her partner and says, ‘This experience was even more special because throughout the whole way it felt like my husband and I were birthing our little girl together!’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Mum and baby boy
This second time mum had her baby in the pool at her local midwife led unit, at 39 weeks + 6 days. She practised hypnobirthing and managed to stay calm throughout, she says, ‘Overall the birth was completely magical and I look back at it now as an extremely special memory.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Lauren and baby boy
Lauren is a first time mum who had her baby in the pool at her local midwife led unit, at 41 weeks + 6 days. She says, ‘Thank you so much to the PBC for giving me all the to tools and knowledge to have the natural birth I wanted.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Amy and baby Jonah
Amy is a second time mum who had a water birth at her local midwife led unit at 38 weeks + 2 days. Hypnobirthing enabled her to trust in her bodies ability to birth her baby and to remain calm and in control throughout. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Gemma and baby Elara
Gemma is a second time mum who had her baby in the pool in a midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 2 days. She says, ‘Without a doubt hypnobirthing shaped my experience of this labour and I recommend hypnobirthing to all my pregnant friends and moreover the positive birth company for the community and easing any worries or anxieties during pregnancy.’ Read her positive birth story here…