Positive Birth Stories

Reading other mum’s birth stories can be so very helpful when preparing for your own birth. What did they choose and why? How did they work with changes or problems? What worked and what did not? How did it affect the birth using Hypnobirthing skills? Most importantly though it allows you to see that birth can be a positive and life-affirming experience irrespective of the path that that birth took.

So, settle back, have a good read and enjoy.

Paula’s Midwife Led Unit Birth to Elective Caesarean
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Paula’s Midwife Led Unit Birth to Elective Caesarean

‘So many people said afterwards that they were so sorry I didn't get to have a hypnobirth, to which I have replied that I did, hypnobirthing is not merely a drug-free vaginal delivery, it is the experience as a whole that you go through. The preparation and the mindset has left me with a really positive memory of what could be objectively viewed as an incredibly difficult labour.’

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Steph’s Positive Hospital Birth
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Steph’s Positive Hospital Birth

I want to scream my birth story from the rooftops. Women are so badass!

My birth didn't go to plan. No water birth, no time or room to set up our diffuser, LED candles, affirmation cards etc. But it was the most amazing experience of my life.

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The Positive Hypnobirth of Margot…
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

The Positive Hypnobirth of Margot…

I felt myself go inward and between contractions I couldn’t tell you were I was but I was relaxed and almost asleep. 50minutes later my husband is telling me we have a baby girl.

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How learning enables a calm birth — Li Ee and Joe
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

How learning enables a calm birth — Li Ee and Joe

Before we attended your course, we were both quite apprehensive about the birth, but after your course, we felt so much better, calmer and positive about it. I listened to your tracks almost everyday, and over the weeks grew in confidence of my ability to birth our baby and was no longer fearful of labour and birth.

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