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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.

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