Birth Stories
Birth stories are a wonderful way to understand the myriad of ways women experience birth, here you will gain insights into how birthing as a process unfolds and how women feel about birth. Pregnant women can really benefit by reading lots of birth stories written by women who have positive uplifting inspirational stories to share. Often, pregnant women complain about all the negative horror stories that others seem to want to tell them about in graphic detail and really it is not fair to burden a pregnant woman who is possibly feeling sensitive and vulnerable, with stories that will fill her with fear and dread, so instead here you will find stories from many women who have been through my classes, willing to share the story in their own words, in an attempt to assist you, the reader, as you prepare for your own wonderful, unique birth journey.
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Belinda's story of baby Camryn
I had some tightenings that just felt like a period that would come and go for the 2 days leading in to my labour. More...
Emma's birth story of baby Rosaria
Rosalia’s birth day is a day I will always look back on with a feeling of incredible happiness and a More...
Wendy's story of baby Illaria calm birth
After speaking to a lot of women about their birth experiences, I was really surprised that some women had not been so overwhelmed by their birthing experiences and some even said they found birthing a joyful experience. More...
Allison's story of baby Joel calm birth
Melissa's VBAC story of baby Boaz calm birth
My first child was born by emergency caesarean, five weeks premature, despite my dreams of having a natural birth! With my second pregnancy, my desire to have a natural birth revived. More...
Megan's birth story of her second child baby Francesca
It went swimmingly this time! Thanks so much, Julie, for all your expert tuition and guidance. A completely different birthing experience this time round - the one I was after in fact! My husband, John opted to stay with Gabriel, so my mum came with me as birth partner. Surges started coming at 7 am on 1st October (my due date). I rented a Labour TENS machine More...
Nicole's Birth Story of baby Isabella
My husband and I had made a firm decision at the end of 2005 that we wanted to start our family, which saw us see a naturopath to get extra healthy, and me going off the pill. We had planned to go on our health kick for most of 2006, but in August we found ourselves pregnant much to our surprise, and joy. We had been using natural fertility management methods to avoid getting pregnant, but as my cycle was not regular, it caught us by surprise that month when I ovulated on time! I knew I was pregnant within a couple of days of my missed period, because I had been... more...
Kristy's Birth Story of baby Naveya
Our precious little girl, Naveya arrived on 19 April 2007 at 7.24am in the Birthing Suite at Sutherland Hospital. She was 3.17kg and 52cm long, she is a very alert baby and very happy who doesn't like... more...
Marieke's Birth Story of baby Oliver
Mark and I were very excited to find out we were expecting a baby, only shortly after we decided to start a family together. We were overseas in Holland at the time, visiting my home country. At the second ultrasound we learnt that we were having a boy and we named him Oliver. I was four months pregnant when we returned to Australia, and I was keen to find out what my options were for the birth. I couldn’t believe my luck when I found out that St George hospital in Kogarah had just started a home birth program, for which midwives come to your home to assist you with the birth. Giving birth at home is a very common thing in Holland but I found that many people were quite apprehensive about it in Australia, especially since it was my first baby. Nevertheless, I felt very confident about having my baby at home. Shortly after, I met the two midwives who were going to come to our home and I loved their philosophies on birth- it’s a great, natural event that should empower you as a woman and most of all- it’s something to celebrate and experience, not to be afraid of. ... More...
Rachael's birth story of baby Cooper
It has been almost 3 weeks since Cooper came into the world .... More...