Birth Stories|
Real birth experiences from real women living in Italy! When you find out that you are pregnant there is a great need to collect as much information as possible. Being able to read or discuss other women's birth experiences can positively impact your approach to your own labour dramatically. Below are a selection of birth stories, many more can be found on our forum under the "Birth Experiences" section. If you would like to share your birth story and help make a difference to another pregnant mum in Italy we would love to hear from you. Email us ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or register for free on our forum and share your story today. |
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Thanks to the contributions of our members you will find lots of first-hand experiences of giving birth all over Spain in the Birth Experiences section of our Forum community including Amelie's account of her experience at the Acuario in Beniarbeig as well extra comments from other mums who have also given birth there. 
I had my 1st baby in the UK with NCT antenatal classes and it went really well with no intervention and just gas and air. I was very nervous about having a baby here as the norm here is generally to have an epidural, drip and often an assisted delivery with, in some hospitals, an 80% episiotomy rate! Yikes!
My son was born in march this year at Virgen Del Rocio hospital in Sevilla. He was 36 weeks gestation and weighed 2160g. It was an unusual and somewhat dramatic birth but the care was good.
I just thought I would write about the birth of my first child as I am thinking getting pregnant again! A little background info – I am 27 living in Madrid with my partner. My baby is 18 months now, and here's his birth story.
I gave birth to my first child on 20th January 2007 at the Costa Del Sol Hospital. It was a fantastic experience and the care could not have been better. I had debated returning to England for the birth, (we are not on the social security system nor do we have private medical insurance) and had also heard horror stories about episiotomies and stirrups!