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Positive Cesarean Birth – Emma’s Story

by | July 18, 2020 | Featured, Positive Birth Story, Positive Cesarean Birth Story, The Birth Chapter | 0 Comments

Emma Litchfield Birth Story – Unplanned ‘elective C – Section' -Hector Andrew Litchfield   I just want to start this Birth Story by letting you know that you can have a positive birth even if it ended up being something you never even imagined.   My story starts 6...
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Georgie’s Positive VBAC

by | January 11, 2021 | Featured, Positive Birth Story, Positive VBAC Story, The Birth Chapter | 0 Comments

This positive birth VBAC story is with Georgie’s second baby. She used breathing techniques, hypnobirthing and had a positive water birth

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What is Hypnobirthing? Facts or Fantasy.

by | May 10, 2020 | Featured, Hypnobirthing, The Bump Chapter | 0 Comments

If you’ve landed on this page then I’m sure you’ve heard this term thrown around many times ... I’m sure you have heard it talked about amongst those positive birth stories but wonder whether it is all too good to be true. A good birth is something that only happens...
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Positive Birth Stories: Jessica- Big Baby

by | January 20, 2021 | Featured, Hypnobirthing, Positive Birth Story, The Birth Chapter | 0 Comments

Positive birth stories big baby…. This birth story is Jessica’s 3rd baby, a big baby. She used breathing techniques, hypnobirthing and had a waterbirth.

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Creating An Ideal Birth Environment

by | January 11, 2020 | Featured, The Bump Chapter | 0 Comments

Your Birth Environment - Why is Birth Environment So Important? Have you ever noticed how much you act from your environmental cues. Your Mum pops over with a plate of cookies and she leaves them on your dining room table. You weren’t hungry, but now you’re eating a...
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Alice’s Birth Story

by | December 7, 2020 | Featured, Hypnobirthing, Positive Birth Story, Positive Induction, The Birth Chapter | 0 Comments

Positive birth story - Induction - FTM - 40+11 My induction was booked on November 3rd at 40+11 after 2 unsuccessful sweeps. The pessary was inserted at 11am and I was told they would check my cervix in 24 hours and see if any progress was made. I started watching...
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Emily’s Positive Birth

by | January 11, 2021 | Featured, Positive Birth Story, The Birth Chapter | 0 Comments

Imogen Theia (Immy) ~22/10/2020 at 10.26am ~8lb 12~40.3 weeks ~First time parents ~Waterbirth at MLU using tens and breathing techniques ~Positive transfer for placenta removal A huge thank you for this course, it taught me everything I needed to know for birth. I...
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What you can do to reduce vaginal tears in birth?

by | August 22, 2018 | Featured, The Birth Chapter, The Bump Chapter | 0 Comments

Ok ok I get it.. it’s not the most nicest of subjects to talk about and I’m sure you’re all crossing your legs as you read this 😵. But rather than focusing on how horrid this may be or worse still sticking your head in the sand, start thinking about what YOU are going...
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Natalie’s Positive Induction Birth Story

by | January 11, 2021 | Featured, featured induction, Positive Birth Story, Positive Induction, The Birth Chapter | 0 Comments

This positive induction birth story is with Natalie’s first baby. She used breathing techniques, hypnobirthing & encouragement from her husband.

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The Ultimate Birth Affirmations

by | December 13, 2019 | Featured, Pregnancy, The Birth Chapter, The Bump Chapter | 1 Comment

How to use Birth Affirmations in pregnancy? Everyone has their sayings that they repeat in their head when they need a little pick me up. It might be a, “ Come on... You’ve got this!” before you stand in front of your team to do a presentation at work or “Stay calm,...
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The Bump Chapter

Matt’s Birth Story – A Dads perspective 💥

Matt’s Birth Story – A Dads perspective 💥

This story made me ball like a baby 😭 What a tribute to his wife & new baby girl. Thanks for sharing your story with us Matt 🦸🏻‍♂️🦸🏻‍♀️ A birth story……..From a first time Father 💥 After my partner had started having contractions on Friday night she gave birth to...

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Baby’s Movements

Baby’s Movements

💥Baby’s Movement 💥 💥Home Dopplers are dangerous. Period. If you listen in to baby’s heart rate and you hear a nice normal heart rate sound because you’ve googled a normal heart rate for a baby, you may get false reassurance from this. There are many things that we...

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The Birth Chapter

Katherine’s Positive Birth

Katherine’s Positive Birth

by | Feb 22, 2021

Positive Birth Story at 38wks +3 First Time Mum, Homebirth, Forceps Tues 22nd Dec I had some tightening feelings in my tummy, along with some constipation and backache. I didn't really think much of it as our due date was such a way off. Following morning woke up at...

Naomi’s positive induction

Naomi’s positive induction

by | Feb 17, 2021

Love reading positive birth stories? You’re in the right place! This positive birth story is from Naomi. Naomi planned a homebirth, but upon hitting 42 weeks gestation she accepted a balloon induction on the labour ward. First pregnancy and birth were uncomplicated...

The Baby Chapter

Things To Celebrate From 2019

Things To Celebrate From 2019

by | Dec 31, 2019

2019 was my third year doing The Bump to Baby Chapter and it was a wild one. Wild like in this above photo wild, surviving the nights, managing 2 young children at home, writing blogs and scheduling emails at 2am with a baby on my boob, or walking around with her on...

Breaking Dad

Breaking Dad

by | Oct 9, 2019

As I lie on the floor trying to write this, with my 7 month year old daughter crawling all over me, clawing at my note pad, shrieking in my ear and doing her best to be impossibly cute, I’m ashamed to admit to how I’ve felt before;...