Positive Birth Stories

I was truly surprised considering how both Angus and I were when we were newborns. I had a super birthing experience thanks to the course with Tracey. We found out that Harriet was breach at 36 weeks and went in for an ECV to have her turned around. I used my...

The birth didn't go completely as planned but was still incredible and joyful. I ended up being induced at 41+1 weeks and had a 16hr labour with an epidural for the final 6hrs as unfortunately I had only dilated to 5cm after 10hrs of contracting after my membranes...

My husband Rowan and I attended your class on 19-20 September when I was 33 weeks pregnant. At the time I saw labour as a ‘necessary evil’ I needed to endure to meet my son and had only heard of the negative experiences other mothers had had with their labours and...

I ended up having an epidural for pain relief and our son was eventually pulled out by ventouse delivery.  His birth definitely didn't go to plan and although I tried to look back on the event as a positive one - after all it brought our gorgeous son into the world -...

I had the most empowering birth with our first child Finn that my only fear leading into this birth was that it wouldn’t be as calm and positive, and if it wasn’t I would be hugely disappointed. To challenge this fear I took time out to prepare myself, mentally and...

It was an amazing and interesting natural birth.  Our preparation with our doula Ingrid, the course with Tracey and yoga breathing definitely got us through. I managed the labour at home by myself from about 5am to 2.30pm - I listened to the meditations, did some...

Lots of my friends and family would tell me to stop thinking about it, all that mattered was that in the end we had a healthy baby and a healthy me…I could see their point but always thought that they didn’t really understand where I was coming from. After Madelon’s...

It has been great reading everyone's stories and seeing all the beautiful bubs being born. OK.....an exciting adventure happened with the birth of 'big' Patrick (which is better told in person....cause it has actions...but I'll try and write a brief summary for you...

Our little bundle of joy, Chloe Faith joined the world on Thursday 15th Jan at approx. 1:36am. She weighed in at 3.53 kg and was 50.5 cm's long. Things started happening about 6:30pm on Wednesday evening and by 11:30pm surges started to intensify, confined only to the...

I asked him not to go into work and so we just lay in bed for a while. At about 11am the regular tightening was more noticeable and so I called our midwife to let her know. I lay on the couch and used breathing to ride out each contraction, breathing slowly in for 6...

I had fears of panicking during labour, in particular, the second stage. As I learnt the theory behind the course I gained a deep confidence in myself and my ability to have the birthing experience I wanted. Everything Tracey taught me made so much sense! I learnt...

The midwives at the hospital couldn't believe she didn't take any drugs. And we couldn't believe how rare a natural birth is these days. It is ridiculous. The caesarian rate in Australia is pushing 30% and in some hospitals 90% of women have an epidural. According to...

We were fortunate enough to have attended a course with Tracey early in my pregnancy. This course enabled me to view our baby’s birth as something to look forward to, not to dread. It gave me confidence and a firm belief that my body is perfectly designed to birth our...

At 28 weeks I found out I had gestational diabetes, at 29 weeks was put on insulin and was told the most likely outcomes were induction and c section. The very opposite to what we had been aiming for. I kept up the good eating and exercise where I could around not...

I had an amazing, pain free birth experience without medical intervention. I had a very healthy and easy going pregnancy. However, in the last few weeks my usually low blood pressure had gone way up. At 39 weeks + 4 days I had to go to the obstetrician. On a Thursday...