Welcome to the Induction Birth Story Library
Discover inspiring induction births stories that highlight strength, resilience, and joy.
Birth stories can be really inspiring when you’re preparing for your own induction. I remember searching for positive induction stories before my first birth and struggling to find them, so I’ve brought together some lovely confidence boosting, positive stories.
Thank you so much to all these lovely families who have shared their stories with us, if you’re interested in sharing your own story on the site you can so that on our Share Your Birth Story page.
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Positive birth stories are of course lovely to read, but I believe the benefits go deeper:
- Boosts positive mindset
- Gives you ideas, tips etc.
- Helps you learn to cope with changes in plan
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After 41 weeks of pregnancy I was offered an induction. There were many factors that lead to me making this choice. But I must stress that it was a choice. Luna is my first baby and I had dreams and plans of how I would give birth naturally in my own home or in a midwife led unit. But that did not turn out to be my reality but that doesn’t mean that my birth was not positive.
Our induction story begins on a Tuesday, when Otis (or Potato as he was then known) decided to stop wriggling around! It wasn’t the first time this pregnancy he had done it, so we popped along to the hospital again to be monitored. All looked well on the CTG but since it was the fourth or fifth visit for reduced movements, we were offered an induction at 38+5. Up until now we had been planning…
My second birth was a very different experience from my first birth. My first baby was born at 41.3 weeks. I expected that this pregnancy would be similar, however, I had an induction at 36+2 weeks due to intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). I had been monitored weekly from 32 weeks with doppler scans and ultrasounds. While they never commented on there being an issue with the cord blood flow, they were concerned that baby’s weight was tailing off the bottom centile.
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Alice’s Positive Induction at 38 Weeks
I searched everywhere for positive induction stories and found a lot of horror stories. But I am delighted to say that I had the most positive experience, I couldn’t have asked for any better! I went in on the Monday at 11am to start induction, I had been told...
Rebecca’s Post Dates Positive Induction Story
After being induced with my first baby (which was a positive experience but admittedly I don’t remember a whole lot of it due to taking morphine!) I was hoping to go into labour on my own with my second. Alas, 42 weeks came and I knew at that point that I was going to...
Positive Induction Podcast – Episode 15 – Liv’s Positive Induction Birth Story
In this episode I'm joined by Liv, who shares a positive induction story from Yorkshire, England. So get as comfy you can and enjoy. Resources: To read or listen to more positive induction stories, visit our Birth Story Library My hypnobirthing course created...
Positive Induction Podcast – Episode 13 – Chantalle’s Induction Birth Story
In this episode I'm joined by Chantalle, who shares a positive induction story from Ayrshire, Scotland. During the Covid pandemic. So get as comfy you can and enjoy. Additional Resources Gillian Jarvie offers Hypnobirthing Classes throughout East Renfrewshire,...
Positive Induction Podcast – Episode 10 – Laura’s Positive Induction and Post Partum Haemorrhage Recovery Story
In this episode I'm joined by Laura, who shares a positive induction story from England. Laura also talks about her recovery following a post partum haemorrhage at the end of her induction. This is a topic that's not often discussed but I feel it's so important to...
Positive Induction Podcast – Episode 9 – Claire’s Birth Story with Antiphospholipid Syndrome
In this episode I'm joined by Claire, who shares a positive induction story from Scotland. Claire also shares some of her fertility and loss story with us, and how her diagnosis of APS or primary anti-phospholipid syndrome meant she was able to stay pregnant in her...
Positive Induction Podcast – Episode 8 – Leanne’s Birth Story
In this episode I'm joined by Leanne, who shares a positive induction story from England. This is Leanne's third birth. This is a really interesting story, which to Leanne is positive, partly because she felt like a badass as she say. But we also discuss important...
Daisy’s Induction due to high BP
Hey everyone! I had an amazing experience and thought I'd share with you all. Here is my brand new Edie Rose, born on international women's day (and her sisters birthday haha) I was induced yesterday with the pessary, at 11.30 am, at 40 weeks, due to having high BP...
Positive Induction Podcast – Episode 6 – Shona’s Two Induction Stories
In this episode I'm joined by Shona, to talk about her two very different positive induction birth stories, both from England. One due to concerns for growth and the second due to pre-eclampsia. This is a great illustration of how positive induction experiences can...
Adrienn’s Induction Story
My waters broke early morning just before my due date. The colour was a nice clear pinkish one, so I went back to bed to relax and called the hospital. No contractions or anything similar followed and I got a little nervous about a possible induction coming. They...
Keriann’s Induction due to Gestational Hypertension
My doctor wanted to induce at 37 weeks due to gestational hypertension. I asked if we could do 37 + 1 because the 37 week mark was my son's second birthday. As fate would have it, my blood pressure spiked the morning of my son's birthday and we had to go to the...
Tara’s Story – An Epic Induction Birth
We made the decision to induce at 38+2 after a continued drop in percentiles and some issues with my bp (Blood Pressure). I was under private care although was also seeing a private midwife separately because I was really chasing that midwife focused care. After lots...
Positive Induction Podcast – Episode 4 – Two Positive Induction Stories with Michelle
This week we have not one, but two positive induction stories from Michelle, this is a great podcast for tips for birth partners and making a decision about getting induced. You can listen below or find it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Michelle is now a...
Georgia-Rae’s Induction due to baby’s high heart beat
I was told at 37+2 that I was to be induced at 37+6 as baby had a high heart rate, was looking as though he weighed 8lbs 4oz and had a large head. I was petrified! I had never heard of ‘induction’ before so didn’t know what to expect. The consultant told me it could...
Positive Induction Podcast – Episode 3 – When Home Birth Turns to Induction with Sabrina
This week I'm joined by the lovely Sabrina from Taylor Made Birth, to talk about when your home birth plan looks like it's turning into a hospital induction. Sabrina shares her personal experience of this scenario, along with 8 years working with pregnant clients. You...
Positive Induction Podcast – Episode 2 – Kirsty’s Hypnobirthing Induction Story
Kirsty's Positive Induction Story In the second episode of the Positive Induction Podcast I invited Kirsty along to talk about her second birth. Kirsty's birth story was one of the first stories in our story library here, and it's still one of the most read. You can...
Jackie’s Induction Story
Hi All! I just wanted to share my complicated but positive induction story. This was my 4th baby (all inductions) and was scheduled for induction 2/1 at 39w but our little man had other plans. It all started Friday 1/15 when I had my 36w appointment to do the...
Marie’s Rainbow Baby Induction Story
I'm 45 my son is my 5th baby, I have a 28, 25, 24 and 23 yr old, so there is a big age gap, my son is my rainbow baby after 3 losses and 22 years trying to conceive, my son was born at 37+4 on 12th September 2021 at 5.29am weighing 6lb 13oz after 13 hours of labour. I...
Grace’s Empowering Induction
My dd was 30th June 2021 with a planned home birth. At 4pm on 29th June 2021 I was sitting on the floor with my toddler and I felt the baby's head push down inside me and break my waters. I ran to the loo and as I sat down an egg white substance fell onto the floor. I...
Leah’s Positive Induction Story
I was booked in for an induction due to my baby slowing in growth and recurrent reduced movements. I went in for my induction at 1pm on 5/6/2021. I went with the cook balloon method for my induction. After monitoring and preparation the balloon was fitted at around...
Cassie’s Induction Story
I had originally planned to wait for labor to begin naturally, but after some concerns that my doctor shared following an ultrasound at 37 weeks, we decided to opt for induction at 39 weeks. It took me a few days to come to terms with this change and accept that labor...
A Positive Unassisted Induction due to OC
Hi! .. just here to share my positive induction experience. My pregnancy was great, I think I threw up once the whole pregnancy I was able to eat whatever I wanted. Roll to the 3rd trimester and my legs ankles and feet became VERY itchy. I was told I have OC which is...
Natasha’s Positive Induction Story
I was 37 weeks pregnant when I was told I should be induced at term because my baby was measuring big. I really didn’t want to be induced, I was so set on having as natural of an experience as possible with little to no intervention. I had at first declined for...
Faith’s Positive Story
It was our turn on the 30th April! After losing our little boy last year at 37 weeks we were induced with our little girl at 36+5. I went into hospital for 9:30am and had the pessary put in at 1pm as I had to get antibiotics on board for strep b. I was already 1cm...
Megan’s Induction due to Gestational Hypertension
I wanted to share my induction story! I was to be induced at 37 weeks due to gestational hypertension & some non reactive NST. I went in the 20th at 8 pm and had my baby boy April 21st at 6:32. Let’s just say I was terrified to be induced. They started cytotec at...
Melissa’s Story
I was induced at 39w exactly due to gestational diabetes. I had been in hospital for 6 days prior so was taken from the ward to the birthing unit and monitored on the CTG before they inserted the hormonal tape at 10.30am after an internal showed I was about 2cm...
Katie-Louise’s Story
I'm a bit late on the mark but it's my due date tomorrow so I may aswell share how being induced went for us!! (Apologies for the essay ) I got induced at 37 weeks (April 8th) due to static growth, my cervix was right back & I wasn't dilated at all. I had the...
Kelly’s Amazing Induction
I had the most amazing induction ever when it got under way.Birth storyTrigger Talk of previous birth trauma.birth injury (not as bad as you think only to me dont worry !)Induced due to GD.On insulin no sliding scale needed!!! The birth itself was induction, it was...
Claire’s Induction due to Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
I found out I was pregnant on the 1st January 2018 and I went into a tail spin, this was right on the back of a miscarriage (my third) in late October 2017 and I was petrified. I had tests done at the time and I had an appointment with the miscarriage specialist...
Listen to your body
At around 30 weeks I experienced itching in my arms, legs, feet and hands mainly at night. I put this down to hormone changes and tried to forget about it. It began to get worse just before 32 weeks I looked up online “itching in pregnancy” but could only really see...
Beth’s Induction
During my 3rd pregnancy our baby girls weight dropped below the 10th percentile meaning I needed to be induced. The induction was take place at 37+6 weeks via the Foley Balloon Catheter. So I went in at 9am on the 9th of February for the Balloon putting in place in my...
Beth’s Positive Induction Story due to GD
I started the positive birth company early in pregnancy as I knew that hypnobirthing was something I really wanted to do. I also purchased the book to read too as sometimes things stick more when I read them! I had a really straight forward pregnancy from the onset...
A Long but Positive Induction
I had a super straight forward pregnancy and was due to expect my little boy on the 23rd June 2019. I didn’t get my hopes up too much as I had read it’s very common to go over due with your first baby. Tuesday the 2nd of July, still no baby. My midwife team called and...
Kayleigh’s Postive Induction Story
I spent a lot of my pregnancy worrying as I was told at 12 weeks that I had low Papp-a. This was something completely new to me, as my first pregnancy was straight forward (apart from resulting in a planned caesarean as baby girl was breech). Low Papp-a meant...
Rachael’s Birth Story
After my eldest was born at 42+4, I had an inkling that my next bubba would follow the same pattern, I wasn't wrong!.After being in slow labour and my baby being back to back for 3 days my husband and I decided we'd go in for my waters to be broken when I was 42...
Lois’ Positive Induction Story in Covid Pandemic
My Birth Room Transformed Long story... I want to start by thanking this group of Mama’s for all your positive induction stories, without this group I honestly don’t think I would have had such an empowering and positive induction experience! We found out we were...
Selina’s Positive Induction Story
Thank you such Selina for sharing your Positive Story with us. [Trigger warning - contain: use of word contraction, third degree tear, mention of surgery] ... I have been really inspired and drawn strength from the stories on this page and I'm excited to be finally...
Isobel’s Positive Induction Story
My first baby was a spontaneous birth at 37 weeks in a birthing pool - pretty much a dream delivery so I was pretty devastated to learn that I had gestational diabetes and would most likely need to be induced this time around. I saw my midwife at 37 weeks and had a...
A Cholestasis Positive Induction Story
My first induction happened to be the birth of my fourth child. I was diagnosed with Cholestasis (ICP) at 34 weeks and my planned home birth turned into a planned hospital induction at 37 weeks. I wasn’t dilated only 1cm upon starting Cervidal, but after a couple...
Holly’s Induction Story
I was induced at 37+2 weeks with non identical twins following a string of complications - high blood pressure and IGUR (Intrauterine growth restriction) with twin 1. This was during a global pandemic and our hospital was Covid positive with strict visiting...
Lisa’s Positive Induction Story
We had originally planned a homebirth and had purchased our birth pool, attended hypnobirthing classes and planned our birthing space and we were excited. Unfortunately corona virus meant all home births cancelled and we would now need to attend hospital; we adapted...
Bethany’s Positive Induction Story
After 41 weeks of pregnancy I was offered an induction. There were many factors that lead to me making this choice. But I must stress that it was a choice. Luna is my first baby and I had dreams and plans of how I would give birth naturally in my own home or in a...
Rachel’s Positive Induction Story
My first child was born when I spontaneously went into labour at 30 + 5 weeks. It was a traumatic labour with multiple people in the room, it all felt out of my control and undignified. We spent 10 weeks in the neonatal unit but my daughter is thriving now. When I got...
Amy’s Positive Induction Story
My first birth was better than I could have expected, after some initial nervousness I took a hypnobirthing course and religiously listened to my affirmations and relaxation tracks. I believe this all helped me to have the quick, relatively painless birth I was lucky...
Zoe’s Positive Induction
My first birth was spontaneous and our daughter was born at 42 wks plus one day. Birth had started in the early hours before the day we were due to be induced for post-dates however it was a long birth and she arrived at 42 wks exactly it was a pretty traumatic birth...
Shona’s Positive Induction Story
Thanks to Shona for sharing this beautiful birth story with us. I'm so please you got to use the pool, accessibility of pools with induction varies greatly, so check what's available locally. For the most part, my pregnancy was normal, healthy and low risk. All scans...
Lindsey’s Positive Birth Story
Thanks to Lindsey for sharing her story here, her wee one arrived on the day she was supposed to be induced, before her induction appointment. I remember being really upset too, feeling like my plans had gone out of the window, if you're feeling like this please get...
A Fast Paced Positive Induction
The following story was sent to me recently by a lady who wishes to remain anonymous. I'm so grateful for all positive induction birth stories we receive, whether the author remains anonymous or not - they are all hugely inspiring and informative, and help build a...
A Positive Obstetric Cholestasis Induction
This lovely story was sent to me from a lady who wanted to share her story with you all but remain anonymous. As the name of this website would suggest, I love to hear all about positive induction stories, and I'm so glad to be able to share yet another inspiring...
Katy’s Story: Eliza’s Birth
Hi everyone, I just thought I would share my pregnancy and birth story. I’ve written it mostly whilst feeding Eliza in the night and it’s been so lovely to get it all down. I never want to forget how amazing it all was! (Apologies, it’s a long one! But I wanted to...
Suzanne’s Story
I am currently expecting my second child, I am a hypnobirthing practitioner (as well as an account manager for an education supply agency) and I want to share with you my positive induction birth story I had with my first and rainbow baby 4.5 years ago. I fell...
Eleanor’s Story
My first birth was long and traumatic with lots of unplanned intervention and ended with an epidural and forceps delivery due to shoulder dystocia (where the baby’s head is born but the shoulder gets stuck) and my baby was very big (9lb 8oz). I was under consultant...
Kirsty’s Story
My second birth was a very different experience from my first birth. My first baby was born at 41.3 weeks. I expected that this pregnancy would be similar, however, I had an induction at 36+2 weeks due to intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). I had been monitored...
Louise’s Story
Induction,Hypnosis and Orgasms: Our daughter's birth story As a Hypnobirthing instructor I had all the tools I needed to ensure my baby had the right birth on the day, yet I still hadn't prepared myself for the possibility that I might not get the birth I had been...
Natalie’s Story
Before I start with my birth story, there may be parts that don’t seem particularly ‘positive’. HOWEVER- I have nothing but positive feelings and memories for my labour and birth. I felt safe, in control, listened to, cared for, cared about. I felt absolutely like I...
Megan’s Story: Otis’s Birth
Our induction story begins on a Tuesday, when Otis (or Potato as he was then known) decided to stop wriggling around! It wasn’t the first time this pregnancy he had done it, so we popped along to the hospital again to be monitored. All looked well on the CTG but since...
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