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 - Tash and baby Ruel
Tash is a first time mum who had a water birth at 41 weeks + 1 day in a midwife led unit. She read our book and says, ‘Thank you to PBC for transforming how I view pregnancy and birth.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Nata and baby Luna
Nata is a second time mum who had her baby at home, in a pool, at 40 weeks + 2 days. She remained calm and focused throughout and says, ‘The experience was amazing. So empowering and euphoric.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Emily and baby Krew
Emily is a second time mum who had a water birth at her local midwife led unit, at 40 weeks + 6 days. She says, ‘I can honestly say the Freya app and this group got me through this labour and helped me to stay in control and feeling safe throughout.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Mum and baby boy
This first time Mum had her baby in hospital at 41 weeks + 5 days. She was able to make decisions during labour and says, ‘I was so grateful to feel empowered with knowledge to make these decisions thanks to the PBC course.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Nicola and baby Callie
Nicola is a first time mum who had her baby in a midwife led unit at 39 weeks + 4 days. Her birth progressed as she had pictured it and she says, ‘We were both prepared and relaxed throughout and I felt empowered to make decisions that felt right to me.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Suzie and baby Pixie
Suzie is a second time mum who had her baby in the pool at her local hospital at 39 weeks + 3 days. She could identify each stage of labour and was able to trust her body to birth her baby, using hypnobirthing tools. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Frances and baby Hugo
Frances is a second time mum who had her baby, in the pool, in a midwife led unit at 39 weeks + 3 days. This labour was very different to her fist and she found it harder to remain in control but managed to and as a result says, ‘I have never felt so empowered in my life.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Linh and baby Jayden
Linh is a first time mum who had a water birth in her local midwife led unit, at 39 weeks. She and her husband worked as a team during labour with breathing techniques being their most useful tool. Read their positive birth story here…
Birth story - Codi and baby Harbor
Codi is a third time mum who had a water birth at home, at 40 weeks + 2 days. She says, ‘Home birth was the most amazing thing I’ve ever done in my life and I would do it over and over.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Hollie and baby Tommy
Hollie is a first time mum who had a water birth at her local hospital, at 40 weeks + 2 days. She found the course most useful for breathing techniques and for helping her partner to know what to do during birth. Read their positive birth story here…
Birth story - Jacqueline and baby Quinton
Jacqueline is a second time mum who had a home, water birth at 38 weeks + 6 days. Using the Freya App, she, ‘guided him out, alone, under the watchful eyes and supportive words of my birthing partners and midwives.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Lucy and baby Bodhi
Lucy is a second time mum who had a waterbirth at home at 40 weeks + 5 days. She says, ‘It was such a dream being at home,’ and that the whole process was relaxed and calm even though she progressed quickly. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Natasha and baby Ottilie
Natasha is a second time mum who had a water birth in hospital at 41 weeks + 3 days. She says, ‘I could not have asked for a more empowering birth and it’s all down to the PBC course, I feel like an absolute super woman!!’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Sophie and baby Bowie
Sophie is a second time mum who had a waterbirth in a midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 3 days. She says, ‘Using hypnobirthing & the Freya app was absolutely the best thing I could have done & definitely helped me have the positive birth I had hoped for!’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Jessica and baby girl
Jessica is a first time mum who had a waterbirth, in hospital, at 40 weeks + 2 days. She read positive birth stories to help reassure her about birth and went on to have a positive birth experience. Read her birth story here…
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 - Jo and baby Sophia
Jo is a first time mum who had a water birth in her local midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 5 days. Hypnobirthing helped to change her mindset about birth and gave her tools to use to make the best decisions for her and her baby during labour. She says, ‘I feel so empowered and will look back at my birth with so much happiness.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Erin and baby Sorley
Erin is a second time mum who had a waterbirth, in hospital, at 41 weeks + 4 days. Hypnobirthing helped her to understand what was happening to her body during labour and gave her tools to help, rather than hinder, the process. 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…