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 - Teisia and baby Eleanor
Teisia is a first time mum who gave birth in a midwife led unit at 39 weeks. She describes her birth as ‘the most empowering experience of my life.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Nadine and baby Grayson
Nadine is a first time mum who was induced in hospital at 42 weeks. She believes that her positive birth experience is down to the hypnobirthing book, and techniques she gained from it. Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Beth and baby Riley
Beth is a second time mum who had a water birth in a midwife led unit. She found that knowledge really is power, when she was able to understand what her body was going through during labour. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Victoria and baby Phoebe
Victoria is a second time mum who had an induction at 39 weeks + 1 day. She completed the digital pack and went on to have a positive birth experience. Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Maya and baby girl
Maya is a second time mum who had a water birth at home at 40 weeks + 2 days. She found the ‘straight forward, evidence based, information’ in the digital pack a great help. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Paisley and baby A
Paisley is a first time mum who gave birth in hospital. She found that hypnobirthing gave her the tools and reassurance to have a positive and enjoyable birth experience. Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Vicky and baby Alfie
Vicky laboured at home to 9cm and then had her baby in the water at her local midwife led unit. She says she has ‘never felt so powerful’ as she did on the day she gave birth. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Andrea and baby Cameron
Andrea is a first time mum who gave birth in hospital at 40 weeks + 3 days. She completed the digital pack and went on to have a very positive birth experience. Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Emma and baby Ruby
Emma is a second time mum who gave birth at home in her bath, before any medical professionals arrived! She stayed calm and in control because she knew what her body was doing from the hypnobirthing book she had read. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Jessica and baby Alfie
Jessica is a second time mum who was induced in hospital due to a number of reasons. She says, ‘Labour was amazing, the whole day was amazing!’ Find out more about her birth story here…
Birth story - Zoe and baby Darcey
Zoe had a waterbirth at her local midwife led unit at 39 weeks + 2 days. She is thankful for the book and digital pack as they enabled her to give her daughter ‘a wonderful entry into the world!’ Read her positive 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…
Birth story - Sophie and baby Rona
Sophie is a first time mum who had a waterbirth in her local midwife led unit at 39 weeks + 4 days. The digital pack helped her to feel calm and controlled during late pregnancy and labour. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Hattie and baby boy
Hattie is a first time mum who was induced in hospital. As a midwife she was aware of the physiological process of labour but wanted to prepare mentally for it also. She found that the digital pack was just what she needed. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Lizzie and baby Olivia
Lizzie is a second time mum who had a water birth in hospital at 42 weeks. She found the digital pack informative and easy to follow and believes it really helped her to have a more positive birth experience this time around. Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Sam and baby Henry
Sam is a first time mum who was induced in hospital and ended up having an unplanned caesarean. She feared the prospect of pregnancy and birth, due to stories she had been told, until she discovered the Positive Birth Company and everything changed! Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Gemma and baby Annabel
Gemma is a third time mum who had her baby in hopsital at 40 weeks + 9 days. She completed the digital pack and found it enabled her to stay calm at home longer than she had imagined in early labour. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Cristine and baby Freya
Cristina is a first time mum who gave birth in hospital at 39 weeks + 1 day. She found the in-depth information in the science section of the digital pack invaluable and went on to have a very positive first birth experience. Read her story here…
Birth story - Juliet and baby girl
Juliet is a second time mum who had her baby in a birth pool at home at 41 weeks. She completed the digital pack with her husband and found it helped by giving him a ‘role’ during labour and enabled them to work together as a team. Read their positive birth story here…
Birth story - Emma and baby Luca
Emma is a second time mum who was induced in hospital at 39 weeks and gave birth in the attached midwife led unit. She describes her birth as ‘the most incredible thing ever in my life,’ ‘a fulfilling and healing experience.’ Read her positive and speedy birth experience here…