Positive birth affirmations

Gators&BoSox · February 2017

I know there are a handful scattered about the boards but what are you planning on telling yourself during labor? What are your favorite affirmations? Or if you've just had your babe or are a STM, what phrase(s) did you find really did the trick?

Gators&BoSox · February 2017

Personally I'm going to try to tell myself:

I am doing this! (Not sure if it'll be in a motivational or demanding tone lol)

I can do anything for 30 seconds

hoping to find a few more on here

OctoberLove13 · February 2017

One that I found on Pinterest was "Each contraction brings me closer to my baby". I don't know exactly why but I really liked that one!

This one looks like it will help too. Ha!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/wi/xfkgwbd377b0.jpg

vino831 · February 2017

One of the ones that was on a banner my cousin made for me!

Gators&BoSox · February 2017

Omg @vino831 your cousin is my hero!

disneybaby84 · February 2017

During that long labor I found myself chanting, "We're going to have a baby". For some reason it made things real.

shines721 · February 2017

"My body was designed to do this."

"It's only one day of my life."

"I'm going to meet my baby soon." (This just almost made me cry)

.... and maybe the competitive side of me was saying things like "You will do better than your sister did."

jenny0228 · February 2017

@vino831- I LOVE that, haha!!

I just have one word, which has been a recurring theme for me, especially through the long road it took me to get pregnant: GRACE. Each letter has a meaning, and I use this a lot when I meditate:

G-gratitude (for this gift of life)
R- release (pain and all scary things)
A- amaze (holy sh!t my body is amazing!)
C - calm (find a moment, even a second of calmness, locate calm happy place)
E- embrace (soon I will be holding my little guy!)

I'm likely having a c-section, and I'm pretty nervous about it, so this mantra can really center me. But you can make up any word and do the same thing with the letters to focus your mind.

triwellnessgirl · February 2017

In my Bradley method class our instructor played a song for us that repeated these lyrics over and over again.... "I am opening up in sweet surrender to this beautiful baby in my womb." It's something I'm going to take into L&D!

triwellnessgirl · February 2017

@jenny0228 I love that!! I will add GRACE to my list of mantras... PS If we have a baby girl, Grace is her middle name!

klz0330 · February 2017

I have some Bible verses written down to help me. I don't have them memorized at all though.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. Phillippians 4:13

God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. Psalms 46:1

He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Isaiah 40:29

This is my command-be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid of discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9

vino831 · February 2017

@jenny0228 that is a fantastic mantra!

klz0330 I just spent some time this am searching for bible verses. Thank you for sharing!!

kjd291 · February 2017

@klz0330 love the verses! Heres one I've saved

Lexxilou1986 · February 2017

When I was having really terrible contractions, my husband just kept telling me "you can do this", "I'm proud of you" and "your body is amazing". It was just what I needed and I would just repeat them (while clutching the side rail and occasionally saying "sh**, sh**, sh**") haha

rfoster2014 · February 2017

A couple days before I had DD I watched "The Big Lebowsky" with DH. For some reason whenever I was in pain I kept singing the songs in my head. After I kept laughing wondering why that popped in my head.

kjd291 · February 2017

wintersong · March 2017

I didn't so much have a mantra as the persistent thought that there was an and point: eventually I would not be in labor anymore and I would have a baby in my arms. It helped that active labor felt kinda timeless.

serenity13 · March 2017

So many of these are so great!! Definitely stealing some from you ladies! A mantra that I love that's helped me get through other things before is the Serenity prayer (hence my screen name) basically turning things over to God for things out of my control but asking for strength at the same time. Also like the "you are stronger than you know..." and "I can & I will" quotes.

dizzymom-2 · March 2017

These really resonated with me...
"I embrace the concept of healthy pain."
"I embrace pain with a purpose."

Also have some c-section affirmations on our bedroom wall since they kind of apply to our planned breech delivery...
"I am prepared for whatever birth my body and baby need."
"I will embrace the choices I make, because I make them out of love."

MyDG620 · March 2017

vino831 · March 2017

Oh my goodness MyDG620.

THESE!

These speak to me directly and the concerns I've been having the last couple days.

Im getting off my phone to get these printed right now.

Thank you for sharing!

serenity13 · April 2017

*bump* for those of us who still have inside babies

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