Hayden’s story
My second pregnancy was almost identical to my first – easy, non-eventful and very enjoyable even at the end. The birth of my daughter Emma nearly 4 years earlier had been long and quite traumatic… Read more
Sophie’s story
My surges started at about 1100 on the 9th which was very exciting as I had been booked in for induction 3 nights later and wasn’t happy about that… Read more
Poppy’s Story
I came across a poster for Hobart calmbirth classes and, although I wasn’t particularly nervous about labour and birth, I felt that the calmbirth emphasis on the naturalness of labour and on breathing and relaxation would be the perfect preparation for the birth of our first child. Read more
Rose’s Story
Looking back on it, I feel like a fool for not recognising the signs of labour, but as my baby was not due for another 6 weeks, I explained away the back ache and the ‘leakage’ as symptoms of a bladder infection… Read more
Imogen’s Story
After the 12-hour birth of my first daughter, which ended in a forceps delivery, I wasn’t feeling that confident in my body’s ability to go through labour again. I was feeling anxious and scared that I would have a similar experience, and longed for a more active, drug-free birth. The philosophy of calmbirth appealed to us, so we enrolled in Kelly’s class. Read more
Here is a link to some more great birth stories from calmbirth® mums around Australia: