Memorize your own mantra. To keep you focused throughout your pregnancy and the actual birth, find a phrase, verse or quote that you believe in, one that brings you peace, strength and comfort. Memorize it and meditate on it. For me it was the Bible verse, “God has not given you a spirit of fear, but one of love, power and a sound mind/self-discipline.” It’s my own hybrid of 2 Timothy 1:7. It grounded me and reminded me that fear had no place in me, only love, power and my own ability to bring my baby into this world. I even wrote the verse out on a 3×5 card to have handy while I was in labor for my husband to repeat to me.

Along with this, remember to breathe deeply from your belly. Try to keep your shoulders still. This will ensure that all the breath fills your lungs. And while breathing, visualize calmess and peace filling you, swirling clean powerful air down through your feet. Then on the exhale, breathe out the blackness of tension, fear. Repeat as needed.

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Cheers and Blessings,
Jennifer

Here are some quotes that I like, too:

“Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.”
Peter McWilliams, American Writer

“There is nothing to fear but fear itself.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared.”
David Ben-Gurion, Israeli Leader

“For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.”
Dale Carnegie

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After, honestly, surprising myself with truly astounding births on all accounts, and as a writer, I feel compelled to share the strategies I gathered from just about everywhere with women worldwide who fear childbirth, which includes every person I ever met.

And why not, from all the appalling scenes we’re inundated with from poorly acted television and movies, to even our own twisted friends and family members. I want to stand and yell, “Do not fear it! It undoubtedly can be the most exhilarating, matchless-in-amazingness experience ever to be had.” However, I’d probably only wake my sleeping babes. So, I thought I’d start a blog and get the word out this way. Also, the recipient of the “word” must also be a willing listener/participant. So I hope that you are here to find the answers to dispel your fears of childbirth, because that’s what I’m here to do. And if you’re interested in learning ways to shed that baby weight quicker than you can say Gwen Stefani, we’ll get to that, too.

The ever-so-wise Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”

Even if you can’t recall off hand a time when you “looked fear in the face,” I assure you: You were designed a lot stronger in mind and body than you realize. I’d put money on it.

Now let’s get to that “dispelling the fear of childbirth” part. Please use the comment area to share your thoughts on this blog. Also sign up for the email updates, and share this site with all your friends today, because this is just the beginning of a whole new way of thinking, and embracing this brief and incredible time of pregnancy.

Blessings and Cheers,
Jennifer

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