Positive Birth Stories
Reading other mum’s birth stories can be so very helpful when preparing for your own birth. What did they choose and why? How did they work with changes or problems? What worked and what did not? How did it affect the birth using Hypnobirthing skills? Most importantly though it allows you to see that birth can be a positive and life-affirming experience irrespective of the path that that birth took.
So, settle back, have a good read and enjoy.
Azalia’s Planned Homebirth Waterbirth
It was really exhilarating to do it naturally, feel the full process and in our own environment. I felt like an absolute warrior for days afterwards…
Li Ee & Joe’s Second Birth Using Hypnobirthing
We've just had our second baby and had an even better experience than the first time…
Shachar’s Birth Centre Birth
After a few seconds I felt something overcome me, I can’t really explain what it was, but it was supposedly this powerful surge and the next thing I heard was: “There’s the head”. My body literally pushed the entire head out with one surge without me having to do anything!
Emily’s birth - A calm, unplanned caesarean.
When the medical staff told me on the day I was completely relaxed and thought, ‘that’s fine, this is how my baby is supposed to arrive’.
Natasha’s Home Birth Following a Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM).
Once the head was out, the body came out quickly and the sensation was the weirdest thing I’ve ever felt! My husband told me to “look down” but I was still in shock and couldn’t believe that I really had just given birth.
A Redemptive Birth with a Positive Induction using Hypnobirthing.
I will always be grateful for my hypnobirth. It truly was redemptive and gave me tools I know I will use for the rest of my life.
The Surprise Freebirth of Baby Scarlett Using Hypnobirthing.
It’s going to be so special to tell her about her birth once she’s older, and especially when she’s having her own babies. I highly recommend homebirth and hypnobirthing practices for every woman who can! It’s so special and has deeply changed both me and my husband.
Amanda’s Surprise Breech Homebirth HBAC
When Caymans butt started coming out Tiffany confirmed with a flashlight and then took my hands and said ok Amanda your baby is breech. I was like ok cool we got this.
Steph’s Positive Hospital Birth
I want to scream my birth story from the rooftops. Women are so badass!
My birth didn't go to plan. No water birth, no time or room to set up our diffuser, LED candles, affirmation cards etc. But it was the most amazing experience of my life.
Natalie’s Birth Centre Hypnobirth of Winnie
It was all so fast and I swear I was on another plane. She floated up in the tub as I flipped around and was so alert. I couldn’t believe it. That we are that powerful, that it felt that raw and real.
Hayley’s positive birth of Adaline.
From now onwards, my surges were a lot more intense, with pretty much only 30seconds rest in between them! All I could do was breath the basic breath to get through them, and I found being on all fours was much much easier for the pain.
Jami’s Positive Hypnobirth Of Charlotte.
All of the education, practice, positive thinking, and hypnobirthing skills allowed me to have a birthing voice and to trust my body and my baby during the entire process.
An unmedicated homebirth using hypnobirthing.
Because having an unmedicated homebirth was so important to me. I realize that to some that sounds like the worst thing ever. But it was important to me to be IN my body so I could feel and experience everything.
Sarah’s Calm Birth Centre Birth.
Very early Sunday morning around 12:30am contractions began. By 12:45am they were regular, around 1 minute duration every 1-2 minutes. We called the birth center and they said to go ahead and come in. Wow- that was quick!
The Positive Hypnobirth of Margot…
I felt myself go inward and between contractions I couldn’t tell you were I was but I was relaxed and almost asleep. 50minutes later my husband is telling me we have a baby girl.
A Positive Twin Birth Story.
As the clock ticked closer to midnight it became more and more likely that the boys would have different birthdays. Not keen on this idea, Hanna kept up the pace much to the amusement of the midwives.
A positive VBAC birth story of a big baby
“And what’s amazing to me is pushing and delivery didn’t hurt! My husband said I had a smile during it. It felt more like a relief. What I felt I wouldn’t describe as painful or a ring of fire or anything like that. The sensation was more like a stretching.”
A confident birth of a big baby.
When I thought I was having a large baby I wasn’t wrong, this little guy arrived at a whopping 11lbs of gorgeous kissable rolls.
Ivy-Mae's positive hypnobirth.
Whilst in the bath the surges started to get stronger and closer together. My partner downloaded a tracking app and started to track them. I got out the bath at about 5:30am and went and sat on the yoga ball. I was still very calm and singing along to my surges.
Vita's birth of river.
I don’t know first hand what a long or complicated labour feels like and I know that makes me lucky. But the thing with fast births is that they are just that: fast. You don’t have time to process what is happening, you barely have time to catch your breath between surges. You really need to keep your wits about you as you don’t have the time or headspace to talk things through.