Sollie’s Birth Story
There are so many beautiful ways to tell your children about their births. Here is the birth story of Sollie, written by his mum, Ash. Sollies story involves birthing at home. Feel free to use this if you’re looking for some storytelling inspiration. We were all so happy when we found out that you would […]
Banjo’s Birth Story
There are so many beautiful ways to tell your children about their births. Here is an example of a birth story written for my nephew, Banjo. His story involves an induction and vaginal birth. Feel free to use this if you’re looking for some storytelling inspiration. Everything was going very well while you were in […]
My daughter’s birth story
There are so many beautiful ways to tell your children about their births. Here is the birth story I wrote for my daughter leading up to her first birthday. Her name and personal details are changed. Her story features a homebirth transfer and surgical birth. Feel free to use this if you’re looking for some […]
Our writing prompts can help you tell your story
Here are some writing prompts that we prepared in readiness for some struggles that might come up for you during your story-writing process. Below are some readily prepared sentences that can help explain some difficult parts of birth to small children. These are here to support your story writing. Read through to find some inspiration […]
How to write your birth story
We all have a story to tell about our births. Some of them are pretty and flowy and make us feel warm on the inside. Others might feel a bit pointy, or difficult, and leave us feeling a pang of grief and sadness when we think about them. No matter what your birthing experience entailed, […]
The benefits of birth storytelling
Every parent and child’s birth experience is truly unique. For some, their births are peaceful and empowering, for others birth can be full of trauma and hard to sit and reflect on. All of your births and all of your stories are so important. Storytelling is a beautiful educational and healing tool that dates back […]
Talking to your kids about their traumatic birth
Birth can be a sensitive topic for so many adults, add in the intergenerational birth trauma that so many of us grew up in and there is no surprise that some may struggle to talk about birth with their children. It is reported that 1 in 3 women describe their birthing experience as traumatic, with […]
