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 - Claire and baby Remi
Claire is a first time mum who was induced in hospital at 40 weeks + 4 days. She remained calm and in control throughout and had a positive birth experience. Read her birth story here…
Birth story - Tara and baby Poppy
Tara is a second time mum who had a planned cesarean, due to her baby being breech, at 39 weeks + 5 days. She remained calm and relaxed as she underwent her cesarean. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Emily and baby Isla
Emily is a first time mum who was induced in hospital at 37 weeks + 2 days, due to obstetric cholestasis. She completed the digital pack and found, ‘it helped reduce [her] fear of birth and shifted [her'] mindset to be positive, even excited about the prospect of birthing [her] baby.’ 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 - Luanne and baby Maxon
Luanne is a second time mum whose baby seemed in a hurry to arrive and was born at home just before the midwives arrived. She says, ‘Educating myself on birth physiology, stages of labour and hypnobirthing really helped to keep me calm and confident during this experience.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Jessica and baby Maya
Jessica is a second time mum who had her baby at home at 41 weeks. She completed the digital pack and felt empowered to have a homebirth, afterwards she said, ‘The feeling was euphoric.’ 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 - Thea and baby Henry
Thea is a second time mum who was induced and had her baby in hospital at 39 weeks + 4 days. She says, Overall this induced birth was so beautiful, so “relaxed” and I felt empowered and in control the whole time.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Ellie and baby girl
Ellie is a third time mum who had her baby at home at 41 weeks + 2 days. Hypnobirthing and the digital pack helped her to be, ‘trusting and relaxed in the knowledge that my body would birth [her] baby and I truly think this made for the most wonderful birth experience.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Nôno and baby boy
Nôno is a second time mum who had her baby in her local midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 5 days. She used hypnobirthing techniques to ‘stay in the zone,’ to stay calm and in control during labour. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Petronela and baby Isaiah
Petronela is a first time mum who was induced at 39 weeks + 4 days and went on to have an unplanned cesarean. She says, ‘due to the hypnobirthing preparation that I had completed I have been able to focus on so many parts of my experience and view them in a positive way. I never felt like I lost control.’ 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 - Brittany and baby Joeli
Brittany is a second time mum who had an unplanned home birth, before the paramedics arrived, at 41 weeks + 1 day. She says, ‘I am so proud of my body for what it has achieved and also so proud of my husband for taking charge and bringing our daughter safely into the world with me.’ Read their positive birth story here…
Birth story - Kerry and baby Finn
Kerry is a first time mum who was induced in hospital at 37 weeks + 2 days. She says, ‘We had a very relaxed experience despite the induction.‘ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Anna and baby Freddie
Anna is a second time mum who had her baby at a midwife led unit at 39 weeks + 3 days. She used hypnobirthing tools to help her through labour and birth her baby. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Jenny and baby Harper
Jenny is a first time mum whose baby was born by cesarean, following an induction, at 39 weeks + 3 days. Hypnobirthing gave her, ‘tools to handle the induction process,’ and she says she, ‘felt in control throughout and like a superwoman after.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Stephanie and baby Layla
Stephanie is a first term mum who had her breech baby in hospital at 37 weeks. She used hypnobirthing techniques to make decisions and says, ‘Myself and my partner couldn’t have done it without the resources the Positive Birth Company provide.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Mum and baby boy
This second time mum was induced at 40 weeks + 3 days and had a positive VBAC delivery. She says, ‘Despite not being the home birth I’d planned, the knowledge gained from the course allowed me to navigate my change in circumstances and make informed choices throughout.’ 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 - Becca and baby girl
Becca is a second time mum who had her baby in hospital at 41 weeks + 2 days. She kept calm and in control as her baby made a rather speedy arrival. Read her positive birth story here…