Birth Stories

I went to sleep Thursday night feeling really restless. I had a bit of cramping and uncomfortableness but ended up finally falling asleep around 3am. My husband got up to […]

I woke at 5:00 am on July 8th with regular surges, nine days past my guess date. I was very excited that things were finally starting, but I still tried […]

My guess date was Jan 12th 2013.  A week passed with no real sign of labour. I tried just about everything possible to get things going. After three acupuncture sessions […]

The skills I learned in hypnobirthing helped me throughout Félix’s entire birth, especially in the active stages of labour.  I view his birth as happening in two stages.  The first […]

  Marie’s Note : I am deeply grateful to Jill for sharing this HypnoBirthing story.  It’s often difficult to find positive birth stories if you are in a situation where […]

Rachel Paige’s Birth Story After staying a week past her predicted arrival date, Rachel decided she was ready to join the world and she wanted to get here fast…. I […]

My first labour was only 4 1/2 hours long and although I decided beforehand that I would have an epidural, there was no time and my daughter was born naturally […]

The last couple weeks of April were stressful for my husband and I as he was very busy at work and we were convinced this baby would come early and […]

VBAC = Vaginal Birth After Cesarean If you have had a c-section, it is still possible to have a vaginal birth. In fact the rates of a successful VBACs are […]

Jessica is our second child, Andrew is my oldest child and he will be three in October. His birth was fantastic also so I will tell you about his first.  […]

A long day but so worth it…  On Monday night I went to bed after talking to my mom. I told her where to find the house keys in case […]

Our first pregnancy and birth had many complications and even though we ended up with the natural we wanted, it was very hard and my recovery took a long time. […]

You are probably familiar with the expression “in the zone”. This is often used to describe a flow state. Psychologists define the flow state as a feeling where you become […]

Lily finally arrived yesterday morning at 11:01am. She weighed 7lbs, 10oz and was born perfectly healthy.  I’m not sure when labour really started, but my surges were about 10 minutes […]

My “guess date” was August 23rd and I was optimistically hoping to deliver the baby a week early (although Hazel had other plans!). My midwife told me that usually, first […]