Giving Birth is an incredibly personal thing. People are around you but ultimately you are on your own, doing something that women have done since time began. Some labours are good and some are bad. They can be quick or they can be slow. And, they can be life affirming or soul destroying. But this is the rite of passage we were designed for and it will change us, both mum and dad, forever.
There were moments in my own labour when I didn’t think I would survive! But when it was all over and my baby was in my arms, I knew that it was the most amazing experience of my life. I was now a woman. A mother.
I asked the Mums’ Days Facebook Likers and other bloggers for their Stories of Giving Birth and I am truly honoured to be able to share these precious, life changing tales.
It’s become quite a collection! So rather than let them disappear in my blog feed to be forgotten, I have created this page. It’s a directory for you and I to look back on and share with others. In time there should be a story that you can relate to (and if not, please send me yours!). Hopefully it will help you prepare for an upcoming labour or help you deal with your own experience of giving birth.
Giving Birth – A Collection of Labour and Birth Stories
C-section (Emergency):
- Mummy Morkus’ C-Section Labour Story
- Maria’s birth story – giving birth abroad
- Giving Birth to a Beautiful Baby with Down Syndrome
- C Section Complications – Lisa’s birth story
- Diabetes in pregnancy – Sarah’s Experience with Type 1 diabetes
C-section (Elective):
Dad’s Perspective:
Down Syndrome:
Ectopic Pregnancy:
Fast Labour:
- Sarah’s Fast Labour Story
- Labour and Birth under extraordinary circumstances
- First Child – Heidi’s birth story
- How to Deliver a Baby in an emergency
- Lauren’s Fast Labour
- IVF Baby – Claire’s Birth Story
- Baby Birth part 1 – Katy’s first baby
Forceps Delivery:
- Fran’s Labour Stories – Forceps Delivery
- Elaine’s Forceps Delivery
- Birth Plan – when it doesn’t go to plan
Gas and Air:
Giving Birth Abroad:
Hypnobirthing:
Home Birth:
- Rowan’s Hypnobirthing Home Birth
- Labour and Birth under extraordinary circumstances
- How to Deliver a Baby in an emergency
Induction:
- My labour Story
- Alison’s Successful Induction Labour Story
- Gestational Diabetes – Sara’s Birth Story
- Mama H’s Propess induction
- Intrauterine Growth Restriction – Bekki’s Birth Story
Intrauterine Growth Restriction:
IVF:
Long Labour:
Midwife Led Unit:
Neonatal Resuscitation:
Obstetric Cholestasis:
Placenta Previa:
Positive:
- Jade’s Calm and positive Childbirth story
- Nikki’s Water Birth
- Rebecca’s incredible Twins Labour Story
- Abbigail’s Great Labour
- Heidi’s first child birth story
- Birth Plan – when it doesn’t go to plan
- Baby Birth part 1 – Katy’s first baby
Pre eclampsia:
Rhesus Negative:
Twins:
VBAC:
Water Birth:
If you have a birth story you would like to share with the Mums’ Days community, or would like to make a suggestion, please email me mumsdays@gmail.com. Here are some suggestions for writing your own story!
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