What are your favourite birth affirmations

[Beautitude]

I am putting together a list of birth affirmations to use before and during my labour and i was wondering if anyone would like to share some of their favourites with me. I plan to use them during contractions as something to focus on.

[~TT40~]

i'm trying to remember the ones on the wall of the birth suite i work at...

one that i like is: "I can feel my body opening and blooming like a flower"

[kungfubecca]

i follow the good pain, it's going to bring somrthing good and the fact that i can do it, and well men can't i'm not a outward person even during labour.

but one thing i hve always said to myself i s that i can do it because its too late to go back or get scared now should of thought about that 9 months ago so just suck it up and get on with it

[Beach Mama]

These are the ones I wrote for us and also sent to my SIL overseas for her birth!!

This is the beginning of our journey
I can trust and go with it
I am ready to meet my baby
My body knows what to do
I am ready to give birth and I will see my baby soon
I am safe and there is nothing to be afraid of
My body is designed to birth this baby
Birth is normal Birth is ecstatic Birth is safe
My baby knows how to be born
My baby’s birth is a calm, joyous experience
Each part of my body is completely relaxed, allowing easy passage of my baby
I relax through each stretching sensation, allowing my uterus to work efficiently
I am safe and my baby is safe when the sensations are strong
I trust my body to know how to birth this baby
I trust my instincts to know what I need in labour
I am a strong and capable woman
My body is beautifully and wonderfully made
I trust my body, my pain, my labour and my baby
I am a powerful, loving and creative being
I am now willing to experience all my feelings
My pelvis releases and opens as have those of countless women before me
I now feel inner peace and serenity
I love and accept my body completely
I feel the love of others around me
My baby knows all is well
Good strong contractions help my baby come into the world
I embrace the concept of healthy pain
I am strong, confident assured, assertive and very feminine
My body contains all the knowledge necessary to give birth to my baby

[Arimeh]

Whats the one that Tanya once said? The pain is not greater than you because it is you? Something like that.

[human bean]

I had these pinned up in my bathroom and said them outloud every morning and night right up until I left for the hospital....

I am ready and prepared for childbirth
My baby will find the perfect position for birth
Birth is a safe and wonderful experience
I will give birth without complications
I am not afraid
My baby’s birth will come quickly and easily
I trust my body
I trust the intensity
I trust my labour
I trust in my baby
I surrender to each contraction as it brings my baby closer to me
My body has a wide open space for my baby to descend
The power and intensity of my contractions cannot be stronger than me, because it is me
I will have the birth I desire

[boomba]

I used and loved this one!
Im opening up in deep surrender to the beautiful baby in my womb :-)


good luck x

[smiles4u]

During my pregnancy every single morning whilst i was in the shower i would rub my wet belly and sound more like i was singing it rather than say it - " Mummy's beautiful baby " ... and when my DD was born and she looked up at me i said the very same thing to her as if it was something familiar to her in the world outside the womb

When i was in labour at home i kept telling myself women all over the world for millions of years have done just what i'm about to do and that i could DO IT !!

... also i would say out loud to myself during labour " Come on *my name* YOU CAN DO IT ", i was my own cheers squad, LOL and it worked wonders

I expected the worst pain when it came to the contractions and anything LESS was a BONUS !!!

Now after having giving birth i have a new affirmation " Have FAITH in your body, it's amazing how powewrful it is and that it knows what buttons to push when it has never done it before "

[Mummato2]

Mine was simple, but it was all I needed to pull me through

At the start of a contraction I let myself get really relaxed the breathed in and out s l o w l y (can't emphasise this enough) then simply said "open, down, out"