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.

Azalia’s Planned Homebirth Waterbirth
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Azalia’s Planned Homebirth Waterbirth

It was really exhilarating to do it naturally, feel the full process and in our own environment. I felt like an absolute warrior for days afterwards…

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The Surprise Freebirth of Baby Scarlett Using Hypnobirthing.
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

The Surprise Freebirth of Baby Scarlett Using Hypnobirthing.

It’s going to be so special to tell her about her birth once she’s older, and especially when she’s having her own babies. I highly recommend homebirth and hypnobirthing practices for every woman who can! It’s so special and has deeply changed both me and my husband.

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Amanda’s Surprise Breech Homebirth HBAC
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Amanda’s Surprise Breech Homebirth HBAC

When Caymans butt started coming out Tiffany confirmed with a flashlight and then took my hands and said ok Amanda your baby is breech. I was like ok cool we got this.

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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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Natalie’s Birth Centre Hypnobirth of Winnie
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Natalie’s Birth Centre Hypnobirth of Winnie

It was all so fast and I swear I was on another plane. She floated up in the tub as I flipped around and was so alert. I couldn’t believe it. That we are that powerful, that it felt that raw and real.

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Hayley’s positive birth of Adaline.
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Hayley’s positive birth of Adaline.

From now onwards, my surges were a lot more intense, with pretty much only 30seconds rest in between them! All I could do was breath the basic breath to get through them, and I found being on all fours was much much easier for the pain.

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Jami’s Positive Hypnobirth Of Charlotte.
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Jami’s Positive Hypnobirth Of Charlotte.

All of the education, practice, positive thinking, and hypnobirthing skills allowed me to have a birthing voice and to trust my body and my baby during the entire process.

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Sarah’s Calm Birth Centre Birth.
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Sarah’s Calm Birth Centre Birth.

Very early Sunday morning around 12:30am contractions began. By 12:45am they were regular, around 1 minute duration every 1-2 minutes. We called the birth center and they said to go ahead and come in. Wow- that was quick!

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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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Ivy-Mae's positive hypnobirth.
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Ivy-Mae's positive hypnobirth.

Whilst in the bath the surges started to get stronger and closer together. My partner downloaded a tracking app and started to track them. I got out the bath at about 5:30am and went and sat on the yoga ball. I was still very calm and singing along to my surges.

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Vita's birth of river.
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Vita's birth of river.

I don’t know first hand what a long or complicated labour feels like and I know that makes me lucky. But the thing with fast births is that they are just that: fast. You don’t have time to process what is happening, you barely have time to catch your breath between surges. You really need to keep your wits about you as you don’t have the time or headspace to talk things through.

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