Cat: Two Births, NHS Birth Centre Water Birth & Unexpected Unassisted Birth Before Arrival Home Birth, Endometriosis

British Birthing Stories · Feb 5, 2026 · 1h

Her first birth was a calm, quick water birth at the birth centre. Her second was a home birth except the pool wasn't filled, the midwife wasn't there, and her partner was on a 999 call cutting off her leggings when their son arrived on the living room floor.

Cat is a mum of two from Huddersfield who shares two very different but equally positive NHS birth stories. Diagnosed with deeply infiltrating endometriosis and told conception might be difficult, she fell pregnant four days after that call. Her first birth was a birth centre water birth — she arrived at 5cm, progressed to full dilation…