Birth Stories
When you’re pregnant and have never experienced labour, or you’re facing a different kind of labour from the first time around, or you just want to know more about what different kinds of labour are like, reading birth stories can help demystify birth and give you ideas about the kind of birth you’d like. Whether you’re planning a home birth or hospital birth, a natural labour or C-section, a hypnobirth or water birth, or you want to know more about assisted labour, birth interventions, or just need to know what your birth options are, we’ve got a story to tell you! Wonderful mums have shared their birth stories for you to read and learn from. In their own words, these birth stories from real mums will touch your heart.
Contractions Didn’t Increase
A mum shares her birth story, how contractions never got closer together and she had
Cord Around Neck
A mum shares the story of her daughters birth, labouring for 15 hours and baby
Csection at 31 Week
A story of baby's arrival, a cesaeran performed at 31 weeks due to blood pressure
Episiotomy and Vontouse Suction
A mum shares her birth story, starting with induction (breaking waters) to start contractions, episiotomy
Forceps Delivery
A mum shares the story of her sons birth - where she had help to
Induction at 35 Weeks
"A mum shares her birth story - induction at 35 weeks due to the risk
Labour Didn’t Progress
A mum shares her birth story, an induced labour that didn't progress and resulted in
Posterior Baby
Mother shares her birth story - baby was posterior and turned anterior, and how she
Posterior Labour
A birth story of how an amazing mum delivered her baby, a posterior labour.
Push Against the Pain
Birth Story. Obsetrician said that although it hadn't been the labour we were hoping