Milli Hill
Milli Hill is an expert in contemporary attitudes to birth. She is a well-known figure in the global birth world and the founder of the Positive Birth Movement (PBM).
Biography
Milli gained a degree in English Literature from Durham, after which she trained and worked as an actor in London, later retraining as a dramatherapist. She is also a trained (but not practising) doula. In 2010 she began writing a successful blog, The Mule, which led to paid work as a journalist on women’s issues, and helped launch The Positive Birth Movement. Her idea – to start a global conversation network where women could challenge the way they think and feel about childbirth – became an overnight viral sensation.
Through the PBM and her work as a journalist for publications such as Telegraph Women, Guardian and a two year column (2013-15) in BestDaily, Milli has become a spokeswoman for positive change in birth. She is a confident and passionate voice at UK and global conferences and is most often asked to represent the woman’s experience of childbirth – a voice that is often sadly lacking. She is frequently asked to respond to breaking stories in the media and her many columns are widely shared, most notably her piece “A healthy baby is not ALL that matters”, which has had over 100k shares, been read over half a million times and received applause from TV star Ricki Lake (the creator of documentary, ‘The Business of Being Born’).
She has stepped away from the PBM to focus on her writing and advocacy of women’s rights. She lives in Somerset with her partner and three children.
Books
THE POSITIVE BIRTH BOOK was voted Best Overall Pregnancy Book 2022 by Mumsnet, has sold over 100k copies and is consistently recommended by and for pregnant women. Milli also edited WATER BIRTH: Stories to Inspire and Inform, published by Lonely Scribe in Jan 2015, and contributed a chapter to THE ROAR BEHIND THE SILENCE: Why Kindness, Compassion and Respect Matter in Maternity Care, published by Pinter and Martin.
GIVE BIRTH LIKE A FEMINIST, published by HQ/HarperCollins in 2019, has become a classic in its field. An updated edition with a new chapter was released in 2023.
Her most recent book, MY PERIOD: find your flow and feel proud of your period!, aimed at pre-teen girls, was published by Wren & Rook in 2021 .
She is working on a major new book to be published by HQ in 2024.