The prelude: My first pregnancy in 2009, I had planned a natural water birth in the hospital and we had completed a Calm Birth course. Unfortunately, my natural birth plans were not to be, and after a 30hr labour I agreed to an epidural and artificial induction. His birth was via emergency caesarean and what […]
Positive Birth Stories
Conquering the one greatest fear: bigger than heights, spiders and the ocean…giving birth
‘They’ said it would take AGES to fall pregnant…my birth story… I have to admit, the minute I saw those two stripes on that skinny little stick, my heart dropped. Not because I didn’t want a baby, as lord knows my clock was chiming like Big Ben! but because if there was one fear on […]
VBAC story: I always had felt something was missing from the birth of my first child
I always had felt that something was missing from the birth of my first child. After a failed induction at 36.6 weeks, which I did not knew at the time was been performed, my son was born. I could not hold him until 16 hours later. After 12 years, I was pregnant again and thinking […]
I achieved the birth I desired!!
Hi there Katrina, here is a link to my home birth. I purchased your book {A Modern Woman’s Guide to a Natural Empowering Birth} just before falling pregnant with this baby and it was certainly empowering and gave me more courage 🙂 I have now passed the book on to a friend. Hope you enjoy […]
The most amazing incredible experience ever!!
My name is Melissa and my experience was beyond anything I could of ever imagined. I did a hypnobabies course, and practiced meditation regularly, and the moment I knew I was in labor was the most exciting moment of my life! It was Aug 14, 2013 and I woke up in the morning to find […]
Waterbaby by Fairylight; One of most beautiful, euphoric experiences of my life
The birth story of Lilac Hope Mafi It was mid march 2014 and our baby daughter was due any time now. It was so exciting. My husband Jono and I enjoyed lots of pre-birth date nights together during this time – dinner’s at restaurants, scrabble, lunch at café’s and evening walks at Takapuna beach. My […]