Kate's positive birth experience following IVF

I felt incredibly fortunate to have the birth I had hoped for and it meant that my recovery has been very quick and that both my wife and I were able to live off the high of the experience of the birth

First Baby, Birth Centre, IVF, Positive First BirthZoe DonkinFebruary 2, 2024Birth Pool, IVF

Rebecca's empowered birth at Kings

We headed to Kings as I felt a shift in the surges and an urge to push. Two midwives and a doctor said they didn't believe I was in active labour as I was so calm and relaxed, so after some persuasion on my part, they examined me and I was 9cm!

First Baby, Positive First BirthZoe DonkinMay 14, 2021Confidence, Caesarean, KingsComment

Laura's positive birth experience at Kings

“I have always firmly been of the belief that every labor is unique and to be open minded towards it, so I found the thinking behind hypnobirthing ideal in keeping this mindset.”

First Baby, Positive First BirthZoe DonkinMay 7, 2021Smooth Birth, KingsComment

Marie's positive birth story (an almost unplanned home birth!)

“Throughout everything, even at home when I thought we were going to have to deliver a baby in our hallway, I never felt afraid”

Positive First Birth, First BabyZoe DonkinFebruary 23, 2021Comment

Hannah's positive breech birth - elective caesarean

“I kept up with the hypnobirthing - I just switched to a caesarean visualisation. Once I had got my head around everything, I planned a woman centred caesarean”

First Baby, Positive First BirthZoe DonkinFebruary 23, 2021Caesarean, BreechComment

Tallie's water birth in the birth centre - her first birth

"Having a water birth was the most fantastic experience ever. It allowed me to focus deeply on my breathing.. this relieved me of pain and gave me something to focus on."

First Baby, Positive First Birth, Birth CentreZoe DonkinMarch 9, 2020Birth PoolComment

JESS'S SMOOTH BIRTH

"We were the talk of the midwife station - the couple who walked in fully dilated, had no pain relief and gave birth to a baby in her waters!"

First Baby, Positive First BirthZoe DonkinFebruary 17, 2020Smooth Birth, Birth Pool, Confidence

Hypnobirthing and Birth pool for Susannah

“Because I was so calm I didn't panic and was able to let my body do what it was built to do.”

First Baby, Birth Centre, Positive First BirthZoe DonkinFebruary 7, 2020Birth Pool, St ThomasComment

WHAT MUMS AND DADS SAY

WITH THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR TESTIMONIALS AND HYPNOBIRTHING BIRTH STORIES

BELOW IS A COLLECTION OF POSITIVE BIRTH STORIES, TESTIMONIALS AND HOW HYPNOBIRTHING HELPS EVEN WHEN THINGS DON'T GO TO PLAN...

“I kept up with the hypnobirthing - I just switched to a caesarean visualisation. Once I had got my head around everything, I planned a woman centred caesarean”

"Having a water birth was the most fantastic experience ever. It allowed me to focus deeply on my breathing.. this relieved me of pain and gave me something to focus on."

"We were the talk of the midwife station - the couple who walked in fully dilated, had no pain relief and gave birth to a baby in her waters!"

“Because I was so calm I didn't panic and was able to let my body do what it was built to do.”