

Talia Schiff, Doula
Affirmations to use for Labor
I trust my body to know how to birth this baby
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I will have a strong and healthy baby
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I trust my instincts to know what I need in labor
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I am strong and I am capable of giving birth
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I trust my instincts to do what is best for my baby
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My body knows how to birth my child
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My baby will come down the birth canal on his/her own time
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It’s good for me to take care of myself.
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I am listening to my body and heart
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I trust my body
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There is purpose in pain
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I trust in my baby
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I am a powerful, loving and creative being
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I am now willing to experience all my feelings
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My pelvis releases and opens as have those of countless women before me
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I accept myself completely here and now
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I feel inner peace and serenity
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I accept this labor as my labor and believe it is the right one for me and for my baby
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I love and accept myself
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My heart knows what my baby needs, my mind is learning
I am a powerful, loving and creative being
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I'm a warrior mama
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My body contains all the knowledge necessary to give birth to my baby
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My body is completely relaxed.
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All I need to do is relax and breathe – nothing else.
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Everything is going right.
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I feel the strong waves of labour and know that everything is normal and progressing.
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I can loosen my jaw and surrender to birth
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My body knows how to have this baby just as my body knew how to grow this baby.
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Keep breathing slow and even. Inhale peace, exhale tension.
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I surrender my birthing over to my baby and my body.
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My body has a wide-open space for my baby to descend.
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My body will give birth in its own time.
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I love my baby and I am doing all that is necessary to bring about a healthy birth.
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Birth is a normal natural occurrence for which my body has been perfectly designed.
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When my contractions come, I am able to breathe and release
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I surrender to the contractions and let them wash over me like the ocean to a beach.
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I allow my body’s natural energy to flow through my body.
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The power and intensity of my contractions cannot be stronger than me, because it is me.
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I am ready and prepared for childbirth.
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I am capable of relaxing and telling my cervix to open up
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Each contraction produces a healthy, positive pain that I can handle.
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Birth will go exactly as it should.


Birth is a safe and wonderful experience.
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I know my baby feels how calm I am
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I trust in my ability to give birth.
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My body knows exactly what it is doing.
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I am confident in my ability to birth naturally, painlessly and easily.
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During labour and birth, I am completely relaxed and comfortable.
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I will have a pleasurable birth.
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My baby is healthy.
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I am completely cooperating with my body.
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I will breathe deeply and slowly to relax my muscles making it easier for my uterus to work.
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My body is made to give birth, nice and easy.
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I believe my baby’s birth will come quickly and easily.