Positive birth stories

Happy Parents Happy Baby is committed to helping you have a positive birth experience, however your baby is born.

Thousands of parents join our courses every year and no two birth stories are the same.

On these pages you can read positive birth stories from our course graduates who have experienced home births, inductions, Caesarean (abdominal) births, water births, forceps, breach births, twins and multiple births and births using hypnobirthing.

We really hope that reading these stories will inspire you to know that a positive birth is something that you too can experience. You will also be able to pick up some super-helpful tips, as new parents share the things that made all the difference to their experience.

If you would like to share your positive birth story with us, please get in touch - we’d really love to hear from you.

A positive natural labour: Cora Edith’s birth story

Gemma and Theo were going to be second time parents and attended our premium course in Leyton & Leytonstone. Please read on for the most amazing positive birth story…

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A positive birth centre delivery: Lowri’s birth story

Rosie’s labour was straight-forward, however she felt that attending the HPHB antenatal course helped prepare her for any eventuality. Rosie tells us how any pain or exhaustion went immediately out the window the moment she saw her baby girl.

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A positive ventouse delivery: Ezra’s birth story

Angela encountered several situations during her labour that the HPHB course had prepped her for - she tells us how she felt informed, calm, reassured and confident as things unfolded.

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A positive induction: Isaac’s birth story

Esther’s labour didn’t unfold in the way that she had hoped and involved both an induction and an epidural. However she still had a really positive birth experience. She tell us how she was prepared to change her “ideal” for what was best for her and her baby.

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A positive natural birth: Arran’s birth story

First time parents Matt and Gemma were initially anxious about childbirth, however coming on the HPHB course gave them the knowledge and confidence to create birth preferences that would fit any labour scenario they might encounter.

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A positive elective c section: Eliza’s birth story

Megan found out at 37 weeks that her baby was breech and would require a planned caesarean section. Please read on to see what a lovely, calm and positive expierence she had when her baby was born.

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A positive delivery with epidural: Miles’ birth story

TJ and Tom really owned their birth experience. From the lovely, calming environment that they were able to create to the way that they trusted their team who helped them make informed decisions, they welcomed baby Miles on their terms.

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A positive second labour: Emilia’s birth story

Emilia is Sonja’s second baby. She realised after taking the Happy Parents. Happy Baby. antenatal course how under prepared she had been the first time round. Attending the Forest Hill course helped her and her partner David prepare for all eventualities and as a result they felt calm and in control throughout Sonja’s labour, which helped them to have such an incredible and positive experience.

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A positive vaginal delivery: Kaila’s birth story

Katherine and Ross had a really positive birth expierence as they welcomed baby Kaila into the world. Katherine used the Hapy Parents. Happy Baby. hypnobithing techniques and relaxations throughout her labour to help her feel calm and Ross supported her with her breathing.

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A positive vaginal labour: Ella’s birth story

Although Ria didn’t have the water birth she wanted, she still had a really positive experience even in the middle of lockdown. She was thankful to Happy Parents. Happy Baby. for showing her pain relief options and teaching her and her partner Andrew first aid.

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A positive natural labour after IVF: Harry’s birth story

After a round of IVF, Hannah was over the moon to have a positive pregnancy test. During her pregnancy Covid 19 was announced in the UK and lockdown began. Hannah kept calm and focused and thanks HPHB Daily Dose of Happiness classes and hypnobirthing videos for helping her to get through what could have been a difficult time.

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A positive birth centre labour: Amelia’s birth story

Lara experienced a straight forward pregnancy and a very swift labour, during which, she really listened to her instinct, which was telling her to go into hospital; 90 minutes after arriving, Amelia was born!

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A positive natural labour: Oliver’s birth story

Anna and Chris look back on their positive birth experience with fond memories. Happy Parents. Happy Baby. helped them prepare for labour with hypnobirthing techniques and helped after Oliver was home, being able to draw information from the Happy Parents. Happy Baby. breastfeeding sessions.

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A positive labour with hypnobirthing: Raff’s birth story

Kat had a really enjoyable pregnancy and a positive water birth using hypnobirthing. HPHB helped Kat and Paul to be prepared and confident for any outcome and also postnatally - showing them positions to hold the baby during breastfeeding.

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A positive planned c section: Rhea’s birth story

Marina had a C-Section after finding out her baby was breech. This wasn’t her preferred birth option but she thanks HPHB for preparing her for all birth outcomes and for teaching her hypnobirthing breathing techniques which kept her calm in the theatre.

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