Birth Stories

Life After Loss: What it is like to be an earth side mama for the first time

Losing a baby is one of the hardest things in the world. But what is it really like to have your rainbow baby and experience birth after loss?

Positive Birth Story: Quick and Lovely Home Birth in Water

We had been trying for baby number 3 for nearly three years, and I was getting close to giving up when finally I was sure I had ovulated AND I was Late! Sure enough the pink line came up super quickly on the pee test. Right from the beginning this pregnancy was very different to …

Positive Birth Story: A Quick Natural Hospital Birth

We were up in Wellington on the second block course of my well-child training, Tahlia and Matthew were there with me. Tahlia was to turn one that Wednesday. During the week I began to get suspicious… I had heart burn more than once, had a couple of headaches and had to get up to pee …

Positive Birth Story: An Induced Hospital Birth First Baby

Tahlia was our first baby. A very much wanted and waited for baby. We had been trying for 2 and a half years to get pregnant, and I had completely given up hope, we were waiting to see the fertility specialists. I was charting my cycles but when my period didn’t turn up I just …