Birth Stories

Every single birth story is different and they all have their natural dangers. But as I sat down thinking about all the probabilities of what could have happened, I felt powerful knowing that even though things didn’t go to plan, my wife gave birth to a happy and healthy baby …

Where do I begin? My birth story is quite quirky and it was a roller coaster – but one of the funnest I have been on. My husband I were not actively trying for a family when we found out we were pregnant. I was on the pill so this …

Stephanie Knapp’s Birth Story Harper.XIII.I.XIV Every pregnancy, birth and baby website is cramped with the loveliest natural birth stories and only contain a few C-section birth stories here and there, so I thought I’d share a bit of what my experience was like. The first scan was done at about …

The journey around the birth of my second baby has been so different to my experience with my first baby. From the start of pregnancy right up until now that my boy is now 3 weeks old. Click here to read about my first birth experience.  The pregnancy was great, minus except of …

I met my partner Shaun in the year of 2011. I was 26 years old at the time, who would have thought that less than 4 months later I would fall pregnant and not just any pregnancy but with twin girls… My name is Natacha Williams and here is my …

As long as I can remember I wanted to be a mother,  I had a connection with children and so much love to give that If it was possible I would have 10 children (logically my mind knows that this is very expensive) but if I could I would. I …

When I was a few months pregnant I read about “birth plans” and started investigating what options were available. I read up on going natural and having elective c-sections. After a lot of thought I decided that I wanted a home water birth with a midwife and a doula. The …