Hey guys. What with all of the babies coming already (
) I thought I should go ahead and post some birth affirmations I have gathered for those of us still waiting in the wings. Everyone who participated in the birth beads will receive a couple of them at random from me. But, I wanted to 1) make sure this list was available for everybody in the DDC regardless of whether or not you participated in the birth bead project, and 2) make sure that if the affirmations you get with your birth beads don't jive for you then you have alternatives to work with. Hope you like them, and if you have any more to add, then feel free.
1) I trust my body
2) I am excited to meet my baby
3) I can do this
4) I have courage faith and patience
5) I am in total control
6) My body knows how to give birth
7) Contractions help to bring my baby into the world
8) My baby feels my love
9) I can let go of fear
10) I am opening
11) I have the power to do this
12) I am able to relax
13) I trust my instincts
14) I trust my labor
15) This is the right labor for me and my baby
16) I am able to completely cooperate with my body
17) I inhale peace I exhale tension
18) My body is designed for birth
19) My baby and I are working together
20) I welcome my baby with all of my love
21) My body is opening wide to let my baby out
22) I am doing this exactly right and exactly as nature intended
23) I am able to relax my mind and my body
24) I feel the love of those around me
25) Today is the day I have been waiting for – my baby’s birthday
26) I am ready for my journey forward as a mother
27) My contractions are not stronger than me. My contractions come from me.
28) I am grateful for this powerful experience
29) I am giving birth the way countless women before me have
30) My labor is progressing
31) I am filled with acceptance and surrender
32) My baby is descending
33) The strength of my contractions reflect the strength of myself
34) I have the energy and stamina to birth my baby
35) My body knows what my baby needs
36) My baby will be born at the perfect time in the perfect way
37) My body is beautiful. My birth is beautiful. My baby is beautiful.
38) My cervix is opening with every contraction
39) This birth is sacred and blessed
40) This is what is meant by “a labor of love”
41) I am strong and empowered – mentally, emotionally, and physically
42) I am calm and at peace with my labor and birth
43) I have the ability to surrender to the natural sensations of labor
44) My baby will be born when they are ready
45) My opening is getting bigger and bigger
46) I am surrounded by those who love and respect me
47) I am deserving of a beautiful birth
48) I trust my caregivers, my partner, my body, and my baby
49) The experience of labor and birth is a great gift
50) I am able to draw energy from all of the women who have come before me to birth my baby
51) My labor pains are temporary the love for my child is endless
52) Today my body will fulfill a purpose for which it has been designed
53) I surrender to the emotions of birth
54) I will give my body all the time it needs to work
55) Today my body is opening and releasing my child to my waiting arms
56) Today is a day I will cherish forever
57) I am surrounded by love and trust
58) I am proud of my body and its ability to birth
59) Everything is happening just as it should be
60) My body knew how to grow this baby now my body knows how to birth this baby
61) I can relax so that my baby can relax
62) There is no act as beautifully feminine as giving birth
63) I am the only person capable of giving birth to this baby
64) My birth is happening in the right place at the right time in the right way
65) I breathe in confidence I breathe out fear
66) I celebrate my birthing day
67) I accept each stage of labor as a wonderful new adventure
68) I can relax every muscle in my body one at a time
69) I am filled with light and love
70) My baby feels my joy
71) I ask for and receive all that I need
72) I am a link in an endless chain of birthing women
73) I welcome my baby with happiness and joy
74) I choose to enjoy my birthing experience
75) Together my baby and I dance our birth dance and sing our birth song
76) My energy flows down and out just as my baby is moving down and out
77) I believe in myself
78) I am happy that my baby is coming into the world
79) I feel confident I feel safe I feel secure
80) Untapped sources of strength are available to me
81) I welcome the transformation that birth will bring
82) I am prepared to meet whatever turn my birthing takes
83) I am in tune with my body and my baby
84) My baby feels my calmness and confidence
85) I am happy that I will soon see my baby
86) I will meet my baby when my baby and my body are ready
87) I am open to whatever path my labor takes
88) My birthing body is beautiful
89) I am working together with my body
90) I trust birth
91) I allow myself to celebrate the birth of my baby
92) My baby loves me
93) I am able to have a positive birth experience
94) This birth only demands from me the strength I already possess
95) I will take this one contraction at a time
96) More than 30,000 women give birth with me today – I am not alone
97) The knowledge of how to birth lies deep within me
98) I accept the birthing process
99) I am braver than I believe I am stronger than I seem I am smarter than I think
100) My body is making a wide open space for my baby to descend
101) I am connected to my baby
102) This birth is a joyful occasion
103) I am able to be patient
104) The way I give birth is right and unique
105) This birth is a miracle
106) I will remember this birth for all of my life
107) I know how to move my body
108) I am totally uninhibited
109) I give birth freely
110) This birth is a powerful rite of passage
111) Through this labor I am becoming a mother
112) I am able to completely let go
113) My body has been preparing for this labor for nine months
114) I control my birth space
115) I am able to ask for support when I need it
116) I have a voice in my labor and delivery
117) I accept the unknown of labor and birth
118) Today I will show my strength, my courage, and my love for my baby
119) I breathe in nourishment I breathe out fatigue
120) I trust my instincts to know what I need in labor
121) It is safe for me to verbalize my feelings and desires
122) I am excited about this next phase in my life
123) I allow my birth experience to enlighten and empower me
124) I remember all of the women who have walked this path before me. They did it and so can I.
125) I free my mind from negative thoughts
126) I am able to respectfully ask for anything that I need
127) Soon my baby will be here and this will be a memory
128) I make progress with every contraction
129) I can do this because I am doing it
130) This is my birth I will do it my way
131) I have lots of room for my baby to be born
132) I am able to take deep even breaths
133) My labor will not last forever
134) I am giving my baby the best start I know how
135) I am birthing in harmony with nature
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