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 - Rebecca and baby Jacob
Rebecca is a second time mum who gave birth in a pool at home. She completed the digital pack and went on to have an amazing birth experience which she attributes fully to the digital pack. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Felicity and baby Noah
Felicity is a second time mum who was induced in hospital at 37 weeks + 1 day. She was able to use BRAIN when deciding to be induced and other techniques from the digital pack during labour, with the help of her husband to keep her focused. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Helen and baby girl
Helen is a second time mum who gave birth in a pool at home at 39 weeks + 4 days. She says that completing the digital pack gave her confidence to have a homebirth and helped to refresh her hypnobirthing knowledge. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Alexandra and baby Jago
Alexandra is a second time mum who gave birth at her local midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 8 days. She had a natural birth using knowledge and breathing techniques gained from the digital pack. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Rachael and baby girl
Rachael is a second time mum who gave birth in the water at her local midwife led unit at 41 weeks. She found that completing the digital pack gave her confidence to trust her body and to go for the natural birth she had hoped for. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Jade and baby April
Jade is a second time mum who was induced in hospital by oxytocin drip. She found the digital pack invaluable as it helped her to gain a deeper connection with her body and gave her husband greater purpose as ‘keeper of the cave’ during labour. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Kayleigh and baby Felix
Kayleigh is a second time mum who had an unplanned cesarean at 40 weeks + 13 days. She completed the digital pack which empowered her to use BRAIN to make decisions which she felt were best for her and her baby. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Ashley and baby Amelie
Ashley is a second time mum with Group B Strep who gave birth in hospital. She completed the digital pack and even used some of the techniques at 33 weeks when she had a small set back. During labour she was able to listen to her body and she knew when she was ready to push. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Deki and baby Brieuc
Deki is a second time mum who gave birth to her son in a natural birthing room. She completed the digital pack and went on to have a positive birth experience. Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Catherine and baby Laurie
Catherine is a second time mum who had a, last minute, water birth in a midwife led unit at 41 weeks + 3 days. She found the science section of the digital pack invaluable and was able to use BRAIN to decline induction and allow her baby to come when he was ready. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Louise and baby Alicia
Louise is a second time mum who gave birth in a midwife led unit at 40 weeks - 5 days. She completed the digital pack and went on to have a positive and somewhat surprising birth. Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Jo and baby Poppy
Jo is a second time mum who gave birth in her local hospital at 38 weeks + 5 days. She found that the digital pack helped her to remain calm and in control and able to make decisions that she felt were best for her and her baby. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Sarah and baby Florence
Sarah is a second time mum was induced in hospital. She had PTSD after her first birth and she says that the digital pack enabled her to have a birth she felt in control of, this time, which has helped her to overcome her previous experience. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Katie and baby Henry
Katie is a second time mum who gave birth at her local midwife led unit at 37 weeks. She completed the digital pack and went on to have a calm and comfortable birth experience. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Emily and baby Pippa
Emily is a second time mum who had a waterbirth at home at 40 weeks. She found the digital pack and used up breathing to help during labour. She had a negative experience with her first birth and has gone on this time to have a very positive and controlled birth. Read her story here…
Birth Story - Anna and baby Jude
Anna is a second time mum who gave birth after an induction at her local hospital. She used the Digital Pack to help her feel prepared and give herself trust and confidence in her body’s ability to birth her baby. She used her hypnobirthing tools to remain calm and in control during her labour when her birth preferences didn’t go to plan and had an amazing and empowering experience. Read her positive induction story here…
The magical home birth of Arlo Bear - my Christmas Baby!
Siobhan is a mum of three boys, founder of The Positive Birth Company and author of ‘Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better’. This is the birth story of her second child who was born at home on the sofa, under the lights of the Christmas Tree.
Although it was her second birth experience, it was her first baby born using hypnobirthing techniques and was an incredibly powerful and healing experience after a difficult birth first time round.
Birth Story - Lea and baby Sophie
Lea is a second time mum who gave birth to baby Sophie at her local hospital in Hong Kong. She used the Digital Pack to help her focus and feel in control during her labour. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth Story - Beth and baby Alfred
Beth is a second time mum who gave birth to baby Alfred in the pool at her local midwife led unit. She navigated the changes to her birth plan with ease and used her hypnobirthing tools to remain focussed. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth Story - Zoe and baby Fox
Zoe is a second time mum who gave birth in the pool at her local birth centre. She used everything she had learnt from the Digital Pack to help her with her labour and the birth of baby Fox. Read her positive birth story here…