[QUOTE=Dedicated Doula Gillian;1977950]Attitude and information are what make or break a person when it comes to birthing.
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Honestly and truly, I don't think it is. I think it's most definitely helpful but it's not make or break. There are lots of women on here who had done their research and had the most positive frame of mind who went on to have labours that they didn't envisage. To say that it's just about attitude or information is extremely dismissive and condescending to women who have had difficult births and implies that if they'd had a better attitude or spent more time looking up information they would have had a better birth.

Like I said, there is absolutely no doubt that a positive attitude is extremely helpful but sometimes even the most positive attitude will not guarantee an intervention-free birth. Tell me how a positive attitude helps in a three day labour with a posterior baby. It may help for the first day, even the second day, but c'mon the third day is a bit bloody tricky.