The Positive Birth Book

The bestselling guide to pregnancy, birth and the early weeks.

The Positive Birth Book is loved by women, and their partners too, for its readable, warm and funny approach to birth preparation. Packed with information about rights and choices, it has rapidly become the book most recommended by midwives, doulas and antenatal teachers. With 2500 5 star reviews on Amazon, and voted the Best Pregnancy Book by both the Evening Standard and Mumsnet, it lays out clear ways to break down fear, navigate the current birth system and get a birth that you feel positive about. 

  • Mumsnet Best Pregnancy Book

    2024, 2025, 2026

  • Evening Standard Best Pregnancy Book for getting the birth you want

    2024

  • Completely changed my way of looking at giving birth

    Ella Mills

  • A much-needed, brilliant, reassuring, pioneering, kick-ass book that all women should read!

    Emma Jane Unsworth

  • Genuinely life-changing.

    Jess Brammar

  • The Positive Birth Book is like everything I ever Googled pre-birth rolled into a friendly, warm format and is full-to-burtsing with USEFUL information. For example, I am rhesus negative and to be honest I never really understood what that meant, I just did what I was told! This book explains it so well. It is also refreshing to read something positive about all types of birth – I didn’t feel like I was being preached to. I wish I had read this book during my pregnancies!

    Sarah Turner

  • Seriously sound, straight-from-the-hip advice.

    Mother&Baby Magazine

  • The Positive Birth Book takes expectant parents through the maze of information and choices, in a down to earth, practical, empowering, reassuring way. I highly recommend that you put your feet up, relax and enjoy preparing yourself for the birth of your baby by reading this great book.

    Sue Atkins – ITV This Morning Parenting Expert

  • So good I read it TWICE! And now my fiance is reading it! Thank you. It’s a brilliant book that all mums to be should read!

    Hayley Tamaddon - Emmerdale, Dancing on Ice, Coronation Street

  • An awesome approach to motherhood.

    Izzy Judd

  • A great read: honest, lively, fresh and helpful. This book puts women in the driving seat which is key to positive change.

    Cathy Warwick, former Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives

  • Whatever a positive birth means to you, this book will make you believe you can do it. It’s the book I wish I had read before I had my children!

    Green Parent Magazine

  • Finally, we can put to bed the old saying that, ‘as long as mother and baby are healthy that is all that matters’. Having a positive birth experience can be even more healthy, not just for the physical well being of mom and newborn, but for their state of mind. This book shows how birth can be transformative. Don’t give birth without it!

    Tina Cassidy, author of Birth, A History

  • The Positive Birth Book is a must-read for every mum-to-be. By showing that birth can be an amazing, empowering and life-enhancing experience, Milli Hill is giving birth to a whole new way to think about bringing life into the world.

    Siobhan Freegard, founder of Netmums