Congrats on getting into the birth centre - I hope you get the birthing experience you want!!
I knew I wanted a natural waterbirth, I did have alot of fear, as I simply had no idea what to expect, and I did alot of preparation that I think helped:
- I read Labour of Love by Gaby Targett, a very natural and easily read book about natural childbirth
- I kept visualising the birth I wanted to have, at one point I wrote out how I saw it all happening
- I wrote a list of affirmations that I hung up in our bathroom where I could see them from the shower (don't ask me why) and read them aloud every morning and night, always finishing with "I will have the birth I desire"
- I did an easy walk for half an hour nearly every day of my pregnancy - I am by no means a fit person but I do think this helped - along with regular chiro visits throughout my pregnancy due to sciatica
- I used rescue remedy during my labour, drops under my tongue and in every bottle of water I drank, and I drank alot, but I swear it helped keep me on a more even keel
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