positive birth affirmations Archives

Before I share my personal top 9 childbirth affirmations, I’d like to explain a little bit more about them.

What are affirmations?

Affirmations, aka positive affirmations, are phrases that you repeat to yourself over and over again to change your mindset. You can say them out loud our in your head. Receive them as part of treatment with your hypnotherapist or other therapist. Most commonly they help you to change a negative into a positive thought or negative into positive thinking.

Affirmations can help you feel more in control and empowered during your birth experience.

Affirmations can improve your ability to problem-solve and decision-making while under stress such as during labour and birth. Making the right decisions for you and your birth enables you to feel empowered while birthing your baby!

My top 9 affirmations for childbirth are:

Writing your childbirth affirmations

Remember, that our conscious and subconscious usually only process the key words. Words such as “don’t” or “no” get lost in the process. So rather than saying to yourself “I mustn’t forget to take my keys” say “I must REMEMBER to take my keys”. For example, if I ask you to NOT think about pink elephants, all you can do is think about just them, the pink elephants. The elephants in the room. So, when you are writing your affirmations for birth, remember to pick statements and trades that are true and important to you.

Now, you are all set up to write your affirmations!

I also have a hypnobirthing affirmation script (including recording) available from my shop. The script has room for your own affirmations and tick-boxes for the ones that you like!

Please also check out my online course! No videos, just text and images to learn in your own time. Includes hypnobirthing mp3s, scripts, workbook, handouts, infographics and much more! Lots and lots of information at your fingertips! Includes:

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Sources and Further Reading

NHS Wirral: https://www.wuth.nhs.uk/media/15191/the-hormones-of-birth.pdf

NICE: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng207

PLOS: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0062593

SJIK Strada: http://www.sjik.stradapress.org/index.php/sjik/article/view/398

Free positive birth affirmations to support you in your hypnobirthing journey.

Positive birth affirmations are also know as positive self-talk or statements for a positive birth.

Positive birth affirmations help to programme your subconscious to tune into your natural ability to give birth, your strength and resilience. Letting go of fears and to build your body-confidence is a big part of your hypnobirthing experience and helps you work towards a more positive birth experience. Remember, your job is to focus on your comfort and the birth you want and your midwives are there to support you and your baby.

You can write your own positive birth affirmations on cards or sticky notes and put them up around your home to look at, take in and practice daily. Make them colourful and engaging to look at or make keep them all the same. It’s up to you! Your body, your baby, your birth experience!

I have designed a few different styles of affirmations for you to download for free.

Feel free to print them to put up around your home. That way you are creating a wonderful, safe, inspiring environment for you to enjoy your pregnancy and prepare for the birth of your baby!

Top Tip:
Print or make two sets of Positive birth affirmations. One for keeping around your home and one set to place in your birth environment or on a portable vision board for birth!

When it is time for your baby’s birth, take the affirmation with you in the birthing space. Every time, you notice one of these affirmations, or your partner reads them to you, they will trigger to help you relax, feel resourceful, welcome your contraction waves.

Every time you spot an affirmation in your home, look at it and take a moment to slow down, breathe and connect with your body and your baby!