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.
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- Basildon Hospital
- Basingstoke and North Hants Hospital
- Birmingham CIty Hospital
- Brighton Royal Sussex Hospital
- Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
- Clapham HPHB Course
- Croydon Birth Centre
- East Surrey Hospital
- Forest Gate HPHB Course
- Forest Hill HPHB Course
- Guy's Hospital
- HPHB Forest Gate Course
- HPHB Fulham Course
- HPHB Greenwich Course
- HPHB Hackney Course
- HPHB Leigh-on-Sea
- HPHB Leyton & Leytonstone
- HPHB Stoke Newington Course
- HPHB Virtual Course
- HPHB Walthamstow
- Homerton Home Birth Team
- Homerton Hospital
- Islington HPHB Course
- Kings College Hospital
- Kings Hospital
- Leigh-on-Sea HPHB Course
- Lewisham Birth Centre
- Lewisham Hospital
- Newham Birth Centre
- Newham Hospital
- Nottingham City Hospital
- Princess Royal Maternity Hospital Glasgow
- Royal London Hospital
- Southend Hospital
- St George's Hospital
- St Michael's Hospital
- St Peter's Hospital
- Stoke Newington HPHB Course
- Stratford HPHB Course
- The Portland Hospital
- Tunbridge Wells Hospital
- UCLH
- Walthamstow HPHB Course
- Whipps Cross Hospital
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- IVF pregnancy
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- TENS Machine
- TTTS
- UFO birth positions
- active labour
- baby blues
- birth centre
- birth par
- birth partner
- birth pool
- birth preferences
- birthing stool
- breastfeeding
- breathing techniques
- breech
- caesarean section
- colostrum harvesting
- dad
- delayed cord clamping
- diamorphine
- entonox
- epidural
- episiotomy
- first time parents
- forceps
- gas and air
- gestational diabetes
- growth scans
- home birth
- hypnobirthing
- hypnobirthing c-section
- induction of labour
- instrumental birth
- jaundice
- kings college hospital
- massage
- meconium
- midwife
- miscarriage
- morning sickness
- mucus plug
- multiple births
- natural birth
- neonatal doctor
- obstetric cholestasis
- pelvic gurdle pain
A positive natural delivery: Tio Polly’s birth story
Jenny had Tio Polly on Boxing Day. After a long labour, she was delighted to deliver her naturally using only gas and air.
A positive assisted delivery: Emma’s birth story
Caroline and Vince used all the information they and learnt on the HPHB course to enjoy a really positive birth experience.
A positive c section: 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.
A positive vaginal labour: Dali’s birth story
Despite Becky’s waters breaking the day before, Dali was determined to be born on her due date… Becky and Luke share how learning hypnobirthing through the Happy Parents. Happy Baby. course helped them achieve a positive birth experience.
A positive forceps delivery: Olivia’s birth story
Cath and Enrique found the Happy Parents. Happy Baby. course helpful and reassuring and were particularly grateful for the session delivered by the obstetric doctor which helped them have a positive birth experience. They also took a lot into labour and delivery from the hypnobirthing part of the course.