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
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- 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
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- Whipps Cross Hospital
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- 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 delivery suite labour: Xander’s birth story
Joanna had a great pregnancy but everything she didn’t want to happen during labour happened. HPHB explained different birthing options and scenarios so that there were no surprises and it left her and Miles really calm throughout the labour - overall she had a positive birth experience
A positive labour with episiotomy: Annabel’s birth story
Susan and James attended the Stratford & Forest Gate antenatal course, London.
A positive fast labour: Lenu’s birth story
Evy really enjoyed her pregnancy, and her birth was better than she expected. She says Happy Parents. Happy Baby we’re so transparent with all the details around birth, labour and after care that it eased any worries she had and helped her to feel prepared.
A positive vaginal labour: Ella’s birth story
Although Ria didn’t have the water birth she wanted, she still had a really positive experience even in the middle of lockdown. She was thankful to Happy Parents. Happy Baby. for showing her pain relief options and teaching her and her partner Andrew first aid.
A positive home birth: Elara’s birth story
Ashley had an extremely positive pregnancy and homebirth with her husband and mum present. HPHB helped her to be confident in her birthing choices.
A positive natural labour: Oliver’s birth story
Anna and Chris look back on their positive birth experience with fond memories. Happy Parents. Happy Baby. helped them prepare for labour with hypnobirthing techniques and helped after Oliver was home, being able to draw information from the Happy Parents. Happy Baby. breastfeeding sessions.
A positive labour with hypnobirthing: Raff’s birth story
Kat had a really enjoyable pregnancy and a positive water birth using hypnobirthing. HPHB helped Kat and Paul to be prepared and confident for any outcome and also postnatally - showing them positions to hold the baby during breastfeeding.
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.
A positive first labour: Rozie’s birth story
While Lorraine’s birth was difficult, she did enjoy her pregnancy and Happy Parents. Happy Baby. really helped her to get organised and prepared for the birth of Rozie.
A positive assisted delivery: Ehsan’s birth story
I felt prepared for labour and the early days with a newborn including breastfeeding, because Happy Parents. Happy Baby. were so honest and transparent with what to expect.
A positive vaginal delivery: Joseph’s birth story
Emily walked to Homerton Hospital while in labour and used the hypnobirthing she learnt through Happy Parents. Happy Baby. to have a positive birth.
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.
A positive induction: Freja’s birth story
Pia has mixed emotions as she looks back on her birth, but Happy Parents. Happy Baby. prepared her for all eventualities and gave her a wonderful support group of lifelong friends.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A positive labour with gas and air: Ozzie’s birth story
I was booked in for an elective C-section as I had gestational diabetes and was told the baby was going to be very big. However, Ozzie made a surprise appearance three weeks early and Happy Parents. Happy Baby. had helped me plan for the unexpected.
A positive induction: Rosalind's birth story
Jung and Christopher had a positive experience, felt informed and prepared through the Happy Parents. Happy Baby. course and learnt how to become expert hospital bag packers…
A positive lockdown labour: River’s birth story
Melissa and Robert know having a baby in lockdown can feel a struggle but say there have been some real silver linings to it all too…