Birth Stories

My favourite part of the job!

I love hearing the birth stories from my couples afterwards; how it went, and how they used all the tools and techniques they learnt in my classes. Many mums find writing their birth story (no matter how long or short) cathartic.

Have a read of these birth stories from real mums who, just like you, may have started their journey dreading the birth. And, have then gone on to have really positive birth experiences, that will stay with them and their partners for a lifetime!

Abi’s Unplanned C-Section, Baby Hugo.

I gave birth to Hugo by emergency C-Section, 13 days after my due date and he weighed a whopping 10lbs 8oz and was 57cm long!! The hypnobirthing really helped Klas and I keep calm and manage the surges through a very long labour. The midwife said that she had never...

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Emergency C-section Birth Following Induction of Labour.

Emergency C-section Birth Following Induction of Labour.

We would like to thank you for your help and the tools you gave us to go through this experience. The induction started on Friday with no success. Although I managed to handle my surges with no problems. Frank and I have really appreciated the course. It ended up with...

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Francesca & Chris’s Positive Emergency C-Section.

Francesca & Chris’s Positive Emergency C-Section.

I was induced on the Saturday and managed to get to 9cm with TENS, gas and air and hypnobirthing. Unfortunately I got stuck at 9cm for a further 12 hours and hence ended up with the C-section where they found he was very impacted in my pelvis. But we are both doing...

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Charlotte’s Positive Birth Story, Unplanned C-Section.

Charlotte’s Positive Birth Story, Unplanned C-Section.

I just wanted to send you a quick email to let you know that we welcomed our baby girl, Charlotte into the world. She came a little earlier than expected at 39+2. Her birth weight was 10lbs on the nose- what a whopper! I had meconium in my waters so was induced and...

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Baby Ada’s Home Birth.

Baby Ada’s Home Birth.

As a couple who attended your group Hypnobirthing course in St Albans, we cannot thank you enough for the materials / tools we received, the skills developed, the support provided, and the placenta encapsulation that helped us prepare for and deliver our daughter. The...

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Sarah & Chris’s Positive Birth Story, Second Baby.

Sarah & Chris’s Positive Birth Story, Second Baby.

As suspected, she did follow in the footsteps of her big brother and make her appearance into the world in record time. I woke to some surges starting at 3.45am, we made it to the hospital at 5.10am and she was here by 6.19am. The speed of her arrival meant we did...

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Fran & Toby’s Positive Induction Birth Story, Baby Rosie.

Fran & Toby’s Positive Induction Birth Story, Baby Rosie.

My little girl Rosie was born weighing 8lbs 14oz! My induction of labour started at 6.30pm. By 10pm I had quickly gone from 2cm dilated to 8cm and my surges were becoming more and more intense. I had sent Toby home for some rest as we didn't expect things to progress...

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Alice & Josh’s Positive (And Quick) Induction Birth Story

Alice & Josh’s Positive (And Quick) Induction Birth Story

We were induced for post dates, as we were 12 days over our baby's "due date." Things happened very quickly for us with only 1:30 hours of active labour! Even though the birth wasn’t the one we’d been picturing, the Hypnobirthing techniques we learnt were extremely...

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Sarah & Jonathan’s Natural Birth Story.

Sarah & Jonathan’s Natural Birth Story.

Our birth experience was everything we wanted it to be even though there was the odd twist and turn … I was very focused on using all of the tips you had shared to avoid an induction wherever possible. In the lead up to week 40, I had been having my six dates a day...

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Positive C-Section Birth Story For Breech Baby

Positive C-Section Birth Story For Breech Baby

I discovered my baby was breech (bottom down) at about 33 weeks. From then on, I tried everything I could do to turn the baby, from scrubbing floors, handstands in the pool, moxibustion, acupuncture, to even the having an External Cephalic Version (ECV), where the...

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Lizzie’s Unplanned C-Section Birth Story, Baby Arlo

At 12am Monday night my waters broke, hoping for a nice relaxing labour staying at home for as long as possible. I went back to bed where I started having contractions every 5 minutes, 40 minutes later I had passed blood and was instructed to go straight to hospital....

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Positive Induction Birth Story

After being admitted for induction, the pessary did it's initial job causing very mild surges getting me to 2.5cm. Mark was allowed to visit between 9am and 9pm and we went for 2 daily walks around the hospital grounds. I listened to my MP3s, refreshed myself on the...

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Baby Eloise’s Vaginal Breech Birth

Baby Eloise was born on Wednesday after being in pre-labour for two days. I was getting worked up and felt like labour would never happen, I needed to reset! So I sat down and listened to my birth affirmations and MP3’s on repeat for several hours whilst the surges...

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