10 Steps to an Empowering Active Birth Experience

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1. Believe in your truth that you were born with  the knowledge about how to give birth. Birth is instinctive and  doesn’t need to be taught. Have more trust and faith in your body’s  ability to give birth.

 2. Become familiar with the primary human values of truth, right action, peace, love, and nonviolence, and begin putting them into practice.  This provides an emotional preparation for birth that increases confidence and decreases fear 

3. Seek a Childbirth Preparation support system  that encourages expression of feelings, provides information about the physiology of birth (physical and behavioural aspects of hormones),      explores functions of the female’s human body, explores human values, and gives opportunities for experiential learning.

  4. Understanding and exploring birth positions  that help to open the birth passageway, you will discover that babies come  “out the back,” posteriorly.  This is the reason to keep moving and      stay off your back while in labour.”

  5. View your uterus as a magnificent muscle that  can contract strongly enough to birth your baby. Realize the power within cells and atoms of your body and feel empowered in labour.

  6. Have patience – your body knows how to give birth. Avoid inductions and other medical interventions unless there is a good medical reason. Your body will go into labour when it is ready.