Birth Affirmations

Two posts in one day?! I know your mind.is.blown.

I thought I would make a post about some positive birth quotes and affirmations that I have written down for labor. I wrote some various quotes down on note cards to either read during labor, have read to me, or just to encourage me at the end of pregnancy. Feel free to add your favorites in the comments! I would love to add more to my list :-)

"3,000 women will be giving birth with you today. Relax and breathe and do nothing else. Labor is hard work, and you can do it!"

"The power and intensity of my contractions cannot be stronger than me, because it is me"

"You are braver than you believe. Stronger than you seem and smarter than you think."

"Rain, after all is only rain; it is not bad weather. So also, pain is only pain; unless we resist it, then it becomes torment."

"My body knows how to have this baby just as my body knew how to grow this baby."

"I do not fight the birth in any way. My body is totally relaxed. I am not afraid"

"My job is simply relax and allow birth to happen"

"Each contraction produces a healthy, positive pain that I can handle"

"I surrender to the contractions and I relinquish control of the forces within my body"

"I trust my instincts to know what I need in labor"

"Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers: strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength."

"The knowledge of how to give birth without outside interventions lies deep within each woman. Successful childbirth depends on an acceptance of this process."

"Birth is powerful, let it empower you."

"Just as a women's heart knows how and when to pump, her lungs to inhale, and her hand to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth."

"We have a secret in our culture. It's not that birth is painful, it's that woman are strong"

Psalm 43:4
"I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fear"

Deuteronomy 31:8
"It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed"

2 Cor 12:9
"My grace is enough; it is all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. I just let Christ take over and so the weaker I get, the stronger I become!"

Psalm 28:7
"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart exults, and with my song I shall thank Him"

Hebrews 10:35-36
"So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you (Avalyn)! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God's will. Then you will receive all that He has promised."

Isaiah 41:10
"Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God: I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

I bolded my favorites, what is your favorite? Put some in the comments :-)