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 - Ali and baby boy
Ali is a first time mum who had a home, waterbirth at 40 weeks + 5 days. She says, ‘The hypnobirthing course gave me many tools, which I practiced weekly from about 3 months into my pregnancy.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Shelly and baby Tee
Shelly is a first time mum who had her baby at home at 37 weeks + 5 days. She says, ‘I give credit to the Positive Birth Company for making me feel empowered and informed.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Natalie and baby Finlay
Natalie is a second time mum who had her baby at home at 40 weeks + 5 days. She thanks the Positive birth Company for, ‘equipping us with the confidence and knowledge to make our birth experience such a positive one.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Thea and baby Noola
Thea is a second time mum who had her baby at home at 40 weeks + 4 days. She found reading positive birth stories, ‘really helped [her] feel prepared, supported, and powerful.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Hannah and baby Autumn
Hannah is a first time mum who had a home, water birth at 40 weeks + 1 day. Hypnobirthing educated her on the science behind birth as well as empowering her to make choices. She says, ‘The birth was magical, hard work, primal and empowering.’ Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Mia and baby Anaïs
Mia is a first time mum who had a water birth at home at 38 weeks. She says, ‘the hypnobirthing techniques helped me a lot as did reading positive birth stories and seeing the positive birth videos.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Abby and baby Ruben
Abby is a second time mum who had her baby at home, in a pool, at 40 weeks + 3 days. She says, ‘Once again hypnobirthing gave me the tools for an incredible birth, I would recommend it to anyone.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Samantha and baby Olivia
Samantha is a second time mum who had a home, water birth at 40 weeks + 2 days. Hypnobirthing helped her to trust her body and to focus on her breathing and relaxing between contractions. She says, ‘It was the most intense and empowering experience.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Nancy and baby Milad
Nancy is a third time mum who had her baby in a pool, at home, at 41 weeks. She thanks the PBC for, ‘stewarding me in and through my most magical and embodied birth experience yet.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Ella and baby Bodhi
Ella is a first time mum who had her baby at home at 38 weeks + 6 days. She found the scientific part of the digital pack most useful and using her new knowledge and birthing tools she went on to have an ‘amazing’ birth. Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Sarah and baby Rémi
Sarah is second time mum whose birth progressed quicker than she realised. She had her baby at home at 39 weeks + 6 days, 5 minutes before the ambulance arrived! Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Patricia and baby Julian
Patricia is a second time mum who had her baby at home at 40 weeks + 6 days. She completed the digital pack and says, ‘the knowledge and skills I learned were vital,’ as they helped her to make her birth better. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Becci and baby Maxime
Becci is a first time mum who says, ‘the PBC course gave me and my birth partners the tools and knowledge to manage birth ourselves, and gave me the confidence to bring my first baby into the world at home.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Becky and baby Isaac
Becky is a second time mum who had a home, water birth at 39 weeks + 6 days. The digital pack helped her to prepare for and navigate birth. 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 - Oriane and baby Luka
Oriane is a first time mum who had a home, water birth at 41 weeks + 3 days. Hypnobirthing gave her tools to remain calm and focused and to have a positive birth experience that was, ‘positive, empowering, and so rewarding.’ Read her 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 - Rosie and baby Ivy
Rosie is a first time mum who had her baby at home at 39 weeks + 4 days. She says, ‘The PBC changed our mindset on labour and birth and I went into it positively and excited.’ Read her positive birth story here…
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 - Sophie and baby boy
Sophie is a second time mum who had her baby in a pool at home at 40 weeks. She says, ‘I have learnt so much from doing the course twice and have highly recommended it to friends and family that have then gone on to have positive births.’ Read her positive birth story here…