Real life positive birth and Hypnobirthing stories that share the different experiences of birth.
Our second baby girl was born on 8 May 2021 in the Lucina Birth Centre at Croydon University Hospital. We had had our first daughter there and had such a positive experience that it was an easy decision to plan for the same the second time round. We had also used Sakina’s hypnobirthing course for …
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Maddison shares birth wisdom about having tools such as mindful pregnancy and hypnobirthing techniques but also keeping an open mind that birth may unfold differently. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and story with Real Birth Story Project. Where & how was your baby born? Was it as you expected and did you have any …
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Where & how was your baby born? Was it as you expected and did you have any support / tools? Well…….my baby was born in Brazil. Her dad is Brazilian, and we were living in Brazil. We were in actually England when I realised I was pregnant, but her dad had a job offer …
Stefanie suffered from Hyperemesis Gravidarum during her pregnancy and shares her experience with us. Where & how was your baby born? Was it as you expected and did you have any support / tools? My baby was born on 14 July 2020 at St Thomas Hospital, London. I was 39 weeks when I went into …
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Hyperemesis Gravidarum, the severe form of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, affects about 0.3%-3.6% of pregnant women and is characterised by dehydration, electrolyte imbalance and more than 5% prepregnancy weight loss. Many women and birthing people find the seriousness of this condition is still not being paid enough attention and are often not being given …
Cathy had a 34-hour birth at home and shares with us which tools she used to make her feel as relaxed as possible. Where & how was your baby born? Was it as you expected and did you have any support / tools? My daughter was born at home in our living room (home birth) …
Lisa had an emergency c-section and a challenging stay in the NICU unit. Find out more about her story. Where & how was your baby born? Was it as you expected and did you have any support / tools? My first son was born via an emergency c-section. I turned up at the hospital for …
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Leah had a water birth during the COVID-19 pandemic and shares her experience with us. Where & how was your baby born? Was it as you expected and did you have any support / tools? I laboured at home with family, friends and our Doula. I arrived at our local birth centre 10cm dilated and …
Where & how was your baby born? Was it as you expected and did you have any support / tools? My beautiful strong boy was born at East Surrey Hospital, by elective c-section. I did a hypnobirthing day with my husband, with Sakina, and it was completely in sync with empowering me to make my …
Rebecca shares her positive birth story of wanting to have an elective caesarian and how healthcare staff supported her with this decision. Where & how was your baby born? Was it as you expected and did you have any support / tools? My baby was born in London at the end of November by way …