Labor Pain

     You might feel extremely tense and fearful about giving birth, which is completely understandable as it's a daunting experience for anyone. The more rigid, tense, or scared you are, the more your muscles tighten. You may fear losing control, causing you to instinctively contract your muscles as a way to protect yourself from pain. Additionally, you might be carrying guilt related to someone or a specific situation, making it difficult for you to let go and resolve these feelings.

Key Points:

• Trust in Medical Staff: Do you feel confident in the medical team's ability to support you during childbirth? If not, why? Delve into any underlying fears.
• Tension in Life: What areas of your life make you feel tense, aside from giving birth? Why? Explore these feelings further.
• Past Associations with Tension: Have previous experiences with feeling tense helped you stay safe or avoid harm? This reaction might be a survival instinct known as the "freeze response."
• Loss of Control: Investigate any fears related to losing control of your emotions or circumstances.
• Anxieties: What are you anxious about? What events triggered these feelings?
• Worst-Case Scenarios: What is your biggest fear about childbirth? Why do you feel this way? Did your mother share similar fears?
• Influences of Others: Did influential people tell you childbirth would be painful or life-threatening? If so, why are you giving power to these beliefs? You can create your own experience, free from past influences.
• Rigidity: What are you rigid about? How does this protect you? Explore this further.