fbpx
Florence’s Birth

Florence’s Birth

After giving birth to my first daughter by induction, which ended in a cloudy memory of stirrups, episiotomy and pain (which continued after birth and through a traumatic breastfeeding journey) I was determined to have a far more positive and, more importantly,...
Elodie’s Birth

Elodie’s Birth

I’d like to share my positive birth story, it’s been nearly a month now and I’m still in shock at how lovely and perfect it was. Sorry it’s a bit long! With my first daughter I had to be induced due to ICP (cholestasis) at 38 weeks. I had...
Agatha’s Birth

Agatha’s Birth

After a quick and smooth labour with my son Alex 2 years ago, I thought about a home birth early in my second pregnancy. My midwife was very supportive, but also very laid back so we didn’t really discuss it in detail and she said I could decide later on, after...
Lucy’s Birth Story

Lucy’s Birth Story

I had birthed my first daughter the previous year at Montrose Maternity Unit and thanks to some self taught hypnobirthing and a bit of luck she arrived in the birthing pool two hours after my contractions started. I was shocked by the speed and relative ease of my...
Alastair’s Birth

Alastair’s Birth

This is the birth story of my third baby; I used HypnoBirthing with my previous 2 and had a refresher session with Jade a week before (2 weeks before I was due). My first was born in the midwife let unit in a birthing pool (7 hr labour), my second was born unplanned...