Natural Child Birth: Birthing affirmations

• My body was made to give birth
• I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me
• This is a natural process
• Everything is going according to God's plan
• I am at peace
• My body knows what its doing
• Every contraction is one step closer to getting to hold and see my baby
• Every contraction is expanding and opening up my body
• I am supported
• I am not on my own
• I trust my body and the Holy spirit that lives in me
• I surrender my birth over to my body. my baby and Jesus
• My body has a wide open space for my baby to descend
• I inhale peace and Exhale tension
• Birthing is easy and natural in which my body was designed
• I am a strong woman
• Birth is beautiful

I strongly believe in the power of the spoken word, i have see it in action. I believe there is the power of life and death in the tongue and that by our words we can speak things in to existence. So i choose to speak life in every area of my life by declaring  the word of God.  These affirmations are only a few of the positive words that i speak and pray over myself now, while I'm pregnant and i am counting on my spirit to remember and remind me of these things during labor. These are also some of the things i would like my husband to say to me while in labor to encourage me.

Natural child birth: Birthing plan

Hey ladies my hubby and i just finish writting our birthing plan and thought i would share. For anyone who is writting thier own maybe you could get some ideas,  i know reading other peoples birthing plan really helped us decided what was most important to us! hope this helps :)

Tanesha and Reggie Brun

Physician: Etowah Valley

Estimated Due Date: Jan. 31 2012

We have outlined our preferences for birth below. We are looking forward to a completely natural birth and greatly appreciate the support of  midwifes and staff to help us achieve the type of birth we desire. We do realize that complications may arise, and if so, we trust that our midwife will make the appropriate decisions.

We would like a calm environment and only wish for the father to be present during labor and birth, in addition to necessary medical personnel. We would like to avoid induction unless absolutely necessary, and do not wish to have time limits imposed upon labor as long as labor is progressing naturally. We prefer to avoid an IV routine and have intermitted monitoring. We would also like to be able to be up and moving around (walking, birthing ball, shower etc.) while laboring Please do not offer pain medication; if necessary, we will request.

After dilation is complete, we prefer to wait for the urge to push and wish to push in whatever position feels most comfortable. We would like to avoid episiotomy.

After the baby is born, we strongly desire to breastfeed immediately. We would like to wait for any newborn procedures until after the baby’s first feed. We wish for the father to cut the cord, and would like to wait to do so until the cord stops pulsating. We would like the baby’s father to be with the baby for any procedures possible, and we would like the baby to room in with us at all times. If the baby is taken to the nursery for any reason, we do not want the baby to be given a bottle , a pacifier or any vaccinations.

Thank you for your support and participation in the birth of our baby!

This is just our vision for this birth we know things dont always go as planned but this is what we are praying for

p.s

 if you have had a natural birth in a hospital and have any other suggestions I would love to hear