Motivational Quotes/Thoughts To Read During Labor

RRL2012 · October 2012

I'm due with my first in 6 weeks and really committed to delivering med-free. To help me get through when the pain is killer and I'm considering meds, I'm putting together a list of brief motivational quotes to read to keep me focused. I don't want long poems or religious quotes....just brief one-liners that I can repeat to myself.

Any suggestions? Here is what I have so far....

Millions of women have done this before!! I can do it too!!
This is healthy, normal pain?..not bad pain!!
Keep breathing and moving!!
My baby will crawl and root better after birth without meds!
Labor is a normal, natural process ? not a medical procedure!
I am strong and I can do this!
Don?t focus on the pain between contractions; just breath and relax and enjoy the endorphins!
Soon our baby will be in our arms! Just a little bit longer!!
Each contraction and minute that goes by means I am that much closer to meeting our baby!!

nomaderica22 · October 2012

I did the same sort of thing to have with my! I did a google search and pintrest and a lot of the good sayings for working out worked really well!!! One that I really liked was:

Don't give up what you want now for what you want most!

nomaderica22 · October 2012

nomaderica22:
I did the same sort of thing to have with my! I did a google search and pintrest and a lot of the good sayings for working out worked really well!!! One that I really liked was:
Don't give up what you want now for what you want most!

Vice versa haha! Don't give up what you want MOST for what you want NOW

Sorry long day!

aylafsu88 · October 2012

My favorite quote that got me through my labor and delivery was;

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.

sschwege · October 2012

This one would be for your birth partner, but if you start to say, "I can't do this!" He/she can say, "But you are doing it" or "But you have been doing it"

Just one suggestion and this might be the Hypnobirthing mama in me, but you might want to change the word 'pain' to something else. That word evokes such a strong reaction.

Maybe something like:

What my body is doing is healthy and normal...this too will pass.

NoeliaV · October 2012

One of mine is "The only way out is through."

I don't know if that falls into your definition of positive/motivational, though.

abell77 · October 2012

I know every woman labors differently, but I just wanted to suggest that you give this list of motivational words to your husband, and make sure he is well-versed with them. For me, I would not have wanted to be reading anything during labor, even one sentence, because that would have distracted my focus. However, it can be easy to forget all that you have rehearsed, so that's why if your husband can remind you of these sayings it might help.

vintagejjane · October 2012

"This is temporary. It's almost over." or "My body was made to do this."

ridesbuttons · October 2012

You will bring Captain Solo and the Wookie to me
Andy Dufresne - who crawled through a river of SHlT and came out clean on the other side
Soylent Green is people!
There's no crying in baseball!!
First prize is a Cadillac Eldorado...second prize is a set of steak knives...third prize is you're fired.
I'm you're huckleberry.

Movies have always been a great escape for me so your post made me think of movie quotes that kind of send me off on a tangent.

Remember, you can't fight the contraction, so just go with it. Good luck!!

yellow16 · October 2012

One of the main ones we learned in Bradley classes was that this is "pain with a purpose." I also think it is important to remember that when you get to the point that you think you cannot take it anymore you must remind yourself that you are close to holding your baby in your arms!

nosoup4u · October 2012

ridesbuttons:

Andy Dufresne - who crawled through a river of SHlT and came out clean on the other side

This is the best mantra for labor ever. EVER.

ridesbuttons:

Remember, you can't fight the contraction, so just go with it. Good luck!!

And this. The more you relax, the easier it is to get through. I didn't have any set mantras, but I did spend a lot of time focusing on my cervix opening up whenever I had a contraction. I also ended up just doing really long low moans (like yoga vocalizations) to get through the super-serious ones, and really long, slow breathing.

Good luck! You'll do great.

lindslalala · October 2012

"Out baby, out baby"

And I agree with having your partner say "you're doing it" whenever you say "I can't do this". I must have said "I can't do this" 100 times when I was in labor, and my MW and DH kept telling me how amazing I was doing and that I WAS doing it. In the moment it frustrated me, but looking back it was actually quite helpful.

bekkabrat · October 2012

I'm not sure the best phrasing for this, but something that helps me is to remember that my body knows what it's doing, I just have to stay out of the way.

Best of luck!!!

tokenhoser · October 2012

"Just a few more seconds."

Because every time it really sucked, it was just a few more seconds until the contraction was over. As long as I could get through a few more seconds, I was okay.

btudorica197 · October 2012

I'm new to this board, I've decided I want a natural childbirth as well and I LOVE this idea! I know this sounds like SUCH a cliche quote, but I love "Impossible is nothing." It reminds me I can do anything I put my mind to...& I'm stealing some of your quotes to add to my list!

Joyfullnoise · October 2012

abell77:
I know every woman labors differently, but I just wanted to suggest that you give this list of motivational words to your husband, and make sure he is well-versed with them. For me, I would not have wanted to be reading anything during labor, even one sentence, because that would have distracted my focus. However, it can be easy to forget all that you have rehearsed, so that's why if your husband can remind you of these sayings it might help.

I think I had my eyes squeezed shut and my hands clasped together for 95% of my labor. For me, it was best to think one word on repeat, "open," to myself.

brennarobbie · October 2012

I literally said "relax" in my head over and over and over until each contraction was done. My hubs was saying it in my ear as well.

Then I also kept thinking "I can do anything for one minute" and then by the time a minute was up, the contraction was almost gone.

I read about so many horrible side effects of the possible medications (epidural - spinal headache for 2 weeks was the main one that got me, plus I am allergic to most major pain meds - I break out into hives/feel like my skin is crawling), so I kept thinking "do I want to deal with labor for around 24 hours, or do I want to deal with side effects along with it and possibly up to 2 weeks? I'll take the one day of not comfortable!"

13 hours of labor and it was done, and as soon as little man popped out, all the pain/discomfort was ancient history! )

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