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 - Katie and baby boy twins
Katie is a second time mu who had her twins in hospital at 34 weeks + 3 days. Her labour was less than straightforward with twin 1 being back to back and twin 2 being breech, but she remained calm and focused throughout! Read her positive birth story here
Birth story - Amy and baby Solveig
Amy is a first time mum who had her rainbow baby in hospital at 38 weeks + 4 days. Hypnobirthing gave her the tools to navigate her pregnancy and birth and to make informed decisions. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Mum and baby girl
This second time mum had her baby at home at 41 weeks + 4 days. She says, ‘I was so empowered during this birth and I am taken aback by how confidently I advocated for myself and my daughter and how much I really trusted my body to do what it needs to do.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Amy and baby Meadow
Amy is a first time mum who was induced in hospital, due to polyhydromnios, at 40 weeks. She completed the digital pack and says, ‘I used everything I had learnt to make the right decisions [and] be informed about my choices.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Camille and baby T
Camille is a second time mum who had her baby in the pool, at home, at 40 weeks + 5 days. She describes her birth as a healing experience and says, ‘through empowering myself with knowledge, working on my past and training my mind to believe I could achieve it... I did it!’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Rebecca and baby Luca
Rebecca is a first time mum who had a home, water birth at 41 weeks + 2 days. With tools from the digital pack she was able to trust herself to use BRAIN and, ‘to make informed decisions with information that is current and up to date.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Emma and baby Zachary
Emma is a second time mum who had her baby in hospital at 41 weeks, during the coronavirus pandemic. Her labour did not quite go as planned but she still made the best of it. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Stevie and baby girl
Stevie is a first time mum who had her baby in hospital at 40 weeks + 1 day. She trusted her instincts, listened her body and remained calm during her labour. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Becky and baby Rae
Becky is a first time mum who was induced at 37 weeks + 6 days. She completed the digital pack and found the ‘tools’ she gained from it very useful during her labour. Read her positive birth story here…