24/02/2023
This is what my husband and I have said multiple times over the last 48 hours! And something we do every year leading into our sons birthday. We love revisiting every moment of the labour just as much as our gorgeous young man Malakai loves hearing how he entered the world.
It's incredible how much detail we remember from my first labour and birth. Where we where at each moment, what we said, the exact times of how things progressed, how we felt, how we worked together, what was said to us and how we were treated.
This Ina May Gaskin quotes is so true.Β "Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your body and your mind for the rest of your life"
To be able to remember Mal's birth as such a positive experience is absolutely priceless.Β But it didn't come come down to luck.Β It was all down to preparation, being informed, skilled, hardwork, an effective birth partner and pure determination.
And I also have no doubt in my mind that what really got me through were the positive affirmations that I learnt through hypnobirthing and used all throughout my pregnancy to prepare my mind for what I knew was going to be the biggest thing I had ever been through physically, mentally and emotionally.Β
And yes it was the most intense experience, however through out the entire time, my mind was so strong and there wasn't any point where I thought I can't do this. Because that's the power of affirmations- they recondition your mind to believe in yourself, the natural process of birth, your bodies capabilities and give you the determination and mind set that you absolutely can do it!
So if you want to feel like this and reflect back with joy, pride and warm fuzzies on the birth each year on childs birthday, check out The Birth Friend Card Deck! 32 Inspirational Cards for Pregnancy and Birth.