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 - Rhea and baby Albert
Rhea is a first time mum who had her baby in a pool at her local hospital. She says, “I’ve always suffered with anxiety,” but that hypnobirthing and the Freya App meant she, “wasn’t afraid of birth and went into it feeling really calm and relaxed.” Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Krissy and baby boy
Krissy is a fifth time mum who had her baby in the pool at home at 42 weeks + 1 day. She was able to listen to her body and trust in its ability to birth her baby. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Filiz and baby Mila
Filiz is a first time mum who had a water birth at 39 weeks + 6 days at a midwife led unit. She did a lot of preparation for birth, including reading positive birth stories and practising breathing techniques. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Chloe and baby Piper Roux
Chloe is a second time mum who had her baby in a pool at home. She says, ‘ Hypnobirthing is for every birth.’ ‘I had full control, I was in the zone, doing my up breathing and remembering everything I had learnt in my hypnobirthing videos.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Christina and baby Avgi
Christina is a second time mum who had her baby in a pool at home, at 40 weeks + 3 days. She was able to listen to her body and follow its rhythm, she describes birth as, ‘one of the most powerful experiences!’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Kayla and baby Jace
Kayla is a second time mum who had her baby in the pool at her local midwife led unit, at 41 weeks + 3 days. She stayed focused and used breathing techniques to help with labour. She says, ‘It was a quick and amazing experience.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Viva and baby Zella
Viva is a first time mum who was induced at 40 weeks + 1 day and had her baby in a birthing pool. She used ‘tools’ gained from the digital pack to help her stay in control and relaxed. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Ags and baby Maia
Ags is a first time mum who had a water birth at home at 39 weeks + 5 days. Before she found the PBC she had been ‘petrified’ of giving birth but the digital pack totally changed her perception and she went on to have a very positive home birth. Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Nicki and baby Amelie
Nicki is a first time mum who had her baby at 40 weeks in the pool at her local midwife led unit. She says, ‘Overall labour was a very positive and an amazing experience.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Hayley and baby Ava
Hayley is a second time mum who had a water birth at home. She says, ‘I truly believe my positive birth story is a direct result of the education and knowledge provided not only by the digital pack but [also] from the amazing birth stories that are shared here.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Becky and baby Harrison
Becky is a first time mum who had a water birth in hospital at 42 weeks. Pregnancy presented a few complications but, with the help of hypnobirthing, Becky, ‘felt empowered knowing [she] was in control of [her] decisions.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Laura and baby Amorah
Laura is a first time mum who had her baby in a pool at her local midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 2 days. She says, ‘the positive birth company has allowed me to have such a strong positive mind which enabled me to have the most amazing birth.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Imogen and baby Kit
Imogen is a second time mum who had her baby in the pool at her local midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 2 days. Hypnobirthing enabled her to trust in her body and understand what her body was going through. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Zemirah and baby Levi
Zamirah is a first time mum who had her baby at home in the pool at 42 weeks. She describes birth as, ‘the most empowering and proudest moment of my life,’ and she thanks the PBC for, ‘educating and helping me to make informed decisions that were right for me.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Anam and baby Sophia
Anam is a second time mum who had her baby in the pool in a midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 4 days. She says that the Positive Birth Company helped her to feel in control and to trust in her body. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Kiti and baby Nikau
Kiti is a first time mum who had her baby in the bath at home at 40 weeks + 4 days. She thanks the PBC, ‘for the tools and knowledge we gained from the course which allowed my partner and I to feel confident that birth can be a natural and beautiful experience.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Amber and baby Solo
Amber is a first time mum who had her baby in her local midwife led unit at 40 weeks. She completed the digital pack and says, ‘The breathing technique was the most effective form of pain relief.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Barbra and baby Lorelai
Barbra is a first time mum who had a waterbirth at a midwife led unit at 41 weeks + 1 day. She practised hypnobirthing and found, ‘the breathing techniques and affirmations kept me feeling in control and very relaxed.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Amelia and baby Milo
Amelia is a first time mum who had her baby in the pool in a midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 6 days. She practised hypnobirthing and found it helped her though labour. She says, “I felt like superwoman afterwards,” and “I certainly cannot wait to experience it again.” Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Bex and baby Ralph
Bex is a second time mum who had her baby in the pool at home at 40 weeks + 4 days. She wants everyone to know that birth, ‘can be straightforward, it can be empowering, it can be positive.’ Read her positive birth story here…