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 - Demi-Leigh and baby Poppy
Demi-Leigh is a first time mum who had her baby in a pool at home, at 40 weeks + 1 day. She needed medical assistance immediately after birth and she says, ‘people call my labour traumatic and I correct them and say my labour was amazing and I enjoyed every moment.’ Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Martha and baby Severn
Martha is a first time mum who had her baby in hospital on his due date. She ended up making different decisions to those she imagined making during her labour and the hypnobirthing book helped to empower her to do so. Read her positive birth story here…