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 induction: Elisa’s birth story

Sophie tells about the positive experience she had when she welcomed her baby Elisa into the world. She had hoped to avoid an epidural but explains how grateful she was for the intervention and the care she received from the team looking after her.

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A positive vaginal delivery: Arlo’s birth story

Kristina and Richard had a really positive birth experience when they welcomed Baby Arlo into the world. Kristina recalls how she used the breathing techniques that she and Richard had learnt on the course to help her cope…

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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 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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A positive c section: Hudson’s birth story

Melanie enjoyed her pregnancy and although her birth didn’t go the way she’d hoped, it was still really positive and seeing Husdon for the first time was magical. Happy Parents. Happy Baby. helped prepare Melanie to be flexible to change and to take time in getting to know each other as a family after the birth.

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A positive induction: Cyrus’ birth story

Diana and Shavir look back at their birth experience with mixed feelings, but with the help of Happy Parents. Happy Baby. they felt confident in bringing Cyrus home and bonding as a family.

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A positive unplanned c section: Clara’s birth story

Although Rachel and Alex’s birth experience didn’t go entirely to plan, Happy Parents. Happy Baby. helped them to realise their choices and options along the way which led to an overall positive birth experience.

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A positive induction: Alice’s birth story

After a rollercoaster birth where nothing really went to plan, Abi and Iain’s baby Alice is now perfectly healthy and they are all enjoying home life. The course helped them prepare for every eventuality, including finding confidence with breastfeeding with the Happy Parents. Happy Baby. lactation consultant.

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A positive vaginal labour: Leo’s birth story

Susha and Vladimir found hypnobirthing very powerful and say this fed into them having a positive birthing experience. They also found the practical side of the course around baby care really helpful and it helped them feel confident bringing Baby Leo into the world.

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