R's amazing hospital birth - but difficult post birth experience

I found it really useful to read other people's birth stories whilst I was pregnant, so here's how Raphael came into the world. Although it was an incredibly positive experience, there's a trigger warning - lots of talk of blood and one particularly graphic pic if you swipe!

first baby, hospital birthSusan BradleyJune 13, 2025hypnobirthing york, for modern mothers, hospital birth

T’s Positive Birth Story: Hypnobirthing in hospital

Another positive birth story from my course. A first baby labouring at home brilliantly, born as planned in hospital.

first baby, hospital birthSusan BradleyMarch 20, 2025hypnobirthing, hypnobirthing york, hospital birth, water birth, first birth, for modern mothers, yorkshire hypnobirthing course, positive birth

E’s Positive Birth Story: Hypnobirthing with a Ventouse & Episiotomy

Hypnobirthing is for all types of birth, and all eventualities. This is a story of a positive assisted birth with ventous and an episiotomy that felt positive and empowering (despite not being a first choice!)

first baby, hospital birthSusan BradleyApril 21, 2023hypnobirthing, hypnobirthing york, hospital birth, water birth, first birth, for modern mothers, episiotomy

An empowered hospital birth. How hypnobirthing transformed my first pregnancy and birth.

I have been deliberating how my birth could have gone without the guidance that I received from you during the hypnobirthing course. I feel my birthing experience would have been quite different. Navigating a medical system, and being clear on our preferences, trusting my instincts was a key to this.

hospital birth, first babySusan BradleyJuly 18, 2021hypnobirthing, hypnobirthing york, hospital birth, water birth, first birth