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.
Am I really in Labour?
A mum shares her birth story, she didnt really believe she was in labour.
Didn’t Realise I was in Labour
A mum shares her birth story, she says she didn't initially realise that she was
Down Syndrome
A mum shares the birth story of her baby born with Down Syndrome. She
Midwife Breaks Waters
A mum shares the story of her home birth, which proceeded quickly after midwife broke
Natural Birth
One mum shares her birth story, 5.5 hour labour and baby born within half an
Quick Labour
A mum shares her birth story, a quick five hour labour where contractions quickly intensified
Sunny Side Up
Birth Story shared by a mother. Her cervix wasn't dilating but a synto drip
What is Hypnobirth?
Hypnobirthing... What is it? What does it mean? A power of mind during
Baby Born Quickly in the Car
Birth story: a mum shares her birth story of how her baby was delivered in
Quick Delivery: Baby Born on Front Seat of Car
Birth Story: a mum shares the story of her daughters birth. A very
