Faye: Second Birth, Positive Hospital Birth, Meconium in Waters, Spontaneous Labour, Gas and Air, Postpartum Haemorrhage

British Birthing Stories · Jan 29, 2026 · 1h 17m

She had planned a home birth. She had done hypnobirthing. She had her playlists ready. And then the NHS called and said there were no midwives available.

Most women would have panicked. Faye walked into that hospital, held her ground against a doctor pushing for induction, and had the birth she always wanted anyway. Just not where she planned it.

Faye is a mum of two who had her first baby in Vancouver via induction and epidural, meaning she had never experienced the NHS maternity system, or what spontaneous labour actually felt like. Second time around she wanted something completely…