Birth stories

Positive birth stories

2026

Beautiful Water Birth

After two miscarriages, a rainbow baby arrived after a five-hour labour and a dream water birth at 4:19am — twelve days early and just as imagined.

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2026

Calm, Cool & "Over Due"

After a traumatic first birth, going past the suggested induction date — and trusting baby to come when ready — turned into a calm, gas-and-air-only second birth.

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2026

Calm In The Chaos

After miscarriage, gestational diabetes and an induction recommendation, hypnobirthing brought calm to a labour and NICU stay that needed every bit of it.

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2026

Planned Caesarean

A planned c-section, prepared for with hypnobirthing — calm, intentional, and the opposite of clinical: a deeply personal, empowering birth.

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2026

Positive VBAC story

A VBAC after a caesarean: how preparation, a supportive midwife and a clear birth plan turned a long OP labour into a moment of pure empowerment.

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Hayley · 2026

I didn't have the birth I imagined, but I had a powerful one

An early induction and ultimately a caesarean — and how hypnobirthing turned the most-feared outcome into a calm, surrendered, empowered birth.

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2026

Quick Second Baby

Waters breaking on the bathroom floor, a comedy on the sofa, and a baby born so fast there was barely time to get to the labour ward.

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