As you move toward the end of your pregnancy and childbirth approaches, you have so many emotions and thoughts running through your mind that it can be really quite exhausting and even overwhelming.
I always suggest to women that if you go into labour thinking it is going to be the most dreadful time in your life, it probably will be. However, if you approach childbirth knowing that yes, it will be painful, but I trust that my body will know what to do and I have the mental strength and focus to make it through, then labour and childbirth will ultimately be THE MOST empowering and enlightening experience of your life.
‘But I don’t have the mental strength’, I hear you say. Fiddle dee dee!!!! Let me tell you that I am constantly amazed and in absolute awe at the strength women demonstrate throughout labour and childbirth, especially by those who had the least amount of belief in themselves in the first place. Don’t ever put restrictions or limitations upon yourself or what you can really achieve before you even begin, it is a mantra we should live by not just for pregnancy and childbirth but also in life.
Don’t forget you also have the support of your own ‘team’ and the midwife who is caring for you. Trust that your midwife will act as your advocate in all situations and is there to support you in anyway she possibly can. If you ar in doubt you need to talk to her and ask for advice or assistance when you need it.
Start visualising yourself in labour, what you intend on wearing, positions you think you will find comfortable, walking around the house or the birth suite taking controlled breaths. Mental preparation gives you direction, control and focus for when the actual event arises.
What is important to remember is that established labour lasts for no more than 24 hours. It is one day in your life where the most amazing miracle takes place. Stop feeling too overwhelmed and allow yourself the time to now get really excited about how it will feel to look at you baby for the first time and hold them in your arms. There is nothing like it in the world.
This amazing experience doesn’t happen very often in our life time so savour every moment ladies, get excited and focused, have faith in yourself and your body and look forward to the miracle that awaits, the birth of your baby.
Good Luck
Al
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