Preparing for Birth
know your desires for your birth and will help you and give you encouragement. Also, let those at the birth know what you like and don't like. Be honest. . . but be polite if possible. Consider hiring a doula, especially if you plan on having a hospital birth.
As your uterus tightens and pushes your baby down, as you feel your baby move down the birth canal, as you feel the ring of fire, trust that your body knows what it is doing and that it’s a marvelous thing. Know it will soon be over. Focus on the fact that your baby is coming! Try to reach down and feel your baby’s head. Reach with expectant arms to catch your baby or to hold your baby soon after birth. Feel the exhilaration that birth brings and revel in the joy of finally holding your precious child.
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