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 - Hannah and baby Mia
Hannah is a first time mum who was induced and had her baby in hospital at 41 weeks, by gentle cesarean. Using hypnobirthing tools she used BRAIN to make decisions before and during labour which she describes as a, ‘Perfectly imperfect birth.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Rebecca and baby boy
Rebecca is a second tie mum who had a waterbirth at home, at 41 weeks + 3 days. She says, ‘I have had two beautiful – and successful – home births and PBC has been instrumental in that!’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Jacqueline and baby Neo
Jacqueline is a first time mum who was induced at 41 weeks + 2 days. She used hypnobirthing to stay positive, calm and focused throughout labour and ended up feeling ‘elated.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Amy and baby Jonah
Amy is a second time mum who had a water birth at her local midwife led unit at 38 weeks + 2 days. Hypnobirthing enabled her to trust in her bodies ability to birth her baby and to remain calm and in control throughout. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Michelle and baby Emiliana
Michelle is a second time mum who had a VBAC in hospital at 39 weeks + 4 days. She thanks the PBC for teaching her to embrace birth rather than fear it and says, ‘Hypnobirthing was so powerful, I cannot recommend this enough...’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Gemma and baby Elara
Gemma is a second time mum who had her baby in the pool in a midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 2 days. She says, ‘Without a doubt hypnobirthing shaped my experience of this labour and I recommend hypnobirthing to all my pregnant friends and moreover the positive birth company for the community and easing any worries or anxieties during pregnancy.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Nayab and baby boy
Nayab is a first time mum who had a planned cesarean, due to baby being breech, at 39 weeks + 3 days. She was able to use BRAIN and says, ‘Thanks to PBC team to equip me with the right tools to make the best decision for me and my baby.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Mum and baby girl
This first time mum was induced, due to cholestasis, and had her baby at 38 weeks + 6 days. She says, ‘I was so pleased that I managed an induction without any drip/intervention/epidural and I do think a lot of this was due to being in a positive mindset.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Kaitlin and baby Jami Marie
Kaitlin is a third time mum who had a water birth in a midwife led unit, in America, at 37 weeks + 6 days. She stayed calm and focused throughout and trusted her body to birth her baby. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Sammi and baby Luca
Sammi is a second time mum who had her baby in the pool at home, at 41 weeks + 3 days. She completed the digital pack and says, ‘I found the course and this group invaluable during both of these pregnancies and am so grateful to the PBC for making my births so wonderful!’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Laura and baby Arabella
Laura is a first time mum who had her baby in hospital at 41 weeks + 1 day. She laboured at home for the most part and was then transferred to hospital. She practised hypnobirthing and says, ‘I would recommend the positive birth company to all expectant mothers, I feel it equipped me with invaluable tools and I still use the breathing techniques now!’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Olivia and baby Delilah
Olivia is a first time mum who was induced at 38 weeks + 3 days due to reduced movements. It didn’t work as planned but she says, ‘What started as a rough process of inductions turned out to be the most beautiful labour.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Kristina and baby Kalina
Kristina is a first time mum who had her baby at home, in Canada, at 41 weeks + 2 days. She prepared thoroughly for labour by reading hypnobirthing books and completing the digital pack and says, ‘I was SO CONFIDENT in my body's ability to do this, that I truly believe I manifested the birth of my dreams.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Leah and baby Eli
Leah is a second time mum who had her baby in the pool, at home, at 39 weeks + 6 days. She was able to use BRAIN to make the best decisions for her and her baby during labour and birth. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Stephie-Jade and baby Maeva
Stephie-Jade is a second time mum who had her baby in hospital at 40 weeks + 2 days. She was focused and calm whilst labouring at home and had her baby just 10 minutes after arriving in hospital! Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Prudence and baby Beauden
Prudence is a first time mum who had an unplanned cesarean at 40 weeks + 2. She had to use BRAIN during labour to make informed decisions, and despite her birth not being the one she hoped for she said, ‘I am still so proud of myself because I kept calm, collected and together throughout the whole process and that is what I took from PBC.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Beth and baby Bobby
Beth is a first time mum who had her baby in the pool in a midwife led unit at 40 weeks + 3 days. She maintained a positive mindset throughout labour which helped her to stay in the zone and birth her baby as she wished. Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Lee-Ann and baby Shalev
Lee-Ann is a second time mum who has PPROM and had her baby at 34 weeks + 1 day. She had a turbulent time leading up to her birth and says, ‘without the skills I learned from the PBC; to breathe, to remain in green, to use our BRAIN, all to keep ourselves calm - I have no idea how I would have gotten through the crazy whirlwind of October 2022 and beyond.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Mum and baby boy
This first time mum had her baby in hospital at 39 weeks + 5 days. She completed the digital pack and says of her birth, ‘Honestly the entire thing I consider positive and this hypnobirthing course helped me immensely during the it all.’ Read her positive birth story here…
Birth story - Holly and baby Darby
Holly is a first time mum who was induced and had a cesarean at 37 weeks + 1 day due. She says, ‘Thank you to PBC for this community of self love, determination and just the beauty of pregnancy and birth, I felt so prepared and so in control yet still excited, frightened and vulnerable.’ Read her positive birth story here…