A positive assisted birth: Julia’s birth story

Josie had hoped for a spontaneous labour and a water birth and although things didn’t turn out this way she stills feels that her labour was a fantastic, totally empowering and incredible experience.

A positive ventouse birth: 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.

A positive breech birth: Noah’s birth story

Kelly looks back at her baby Noah’s arrival via forceps delivery in a really positive light – she tells us how HPHB helped her and her husband prepare for a labour that might require intervention.

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.

A positive Caesarean birth: Oliver’s birth story

Despite a long labour, which resulted in Baby Oliver being born via emergency caesarean section, Alicja and Ricardo stayed calm and in control and having attended the Happy Parents. Happy Baby course in Clapham they felt prepared for each step, as it unfolded.