Here is a list of affirmations, just pick a few of them that seem to resonate with you. You can repeat them while practicing some deep breathing, driving/commuting or doing the dishes really any time you think about it, repeat them to yourself, or you can have your partner read them to you and practice them together.
I trust my body to know how to birth this child
I trust my instincts to do what is best for my baby
I am a strong and capable woman
My body knows how to birth my baby
I trust my instincts
Babies are born when they are ready, not when doctors, midwives or anyone decides.
My body is indeed beautifully and wonderfully made
It’s good for me to take care of myself.
I have to be truthful with myself
Listen to my body and heart
I deserve to have the birth I desire
I trust my body
I trust my pain
I trust my labor
I trust in my baby
I trust my breath to guide me
I am a strong and capable woman
I am a powerful, loving and creative being
I am strong and rooted yet flexible
I am now willing to experience all my feelings
My pelvis releases and opens as have those of countless women before me
I accept myself completely here and now
I now feel inner peace and serenity
I accept this labor as my labor and believe it is the right one for me and for my baby
I love and accept my body completely
I accept all my feelings as part of myself
I feel the love of others around me
My baby knows all is well
My heart knows what my baby needs, my mind is learning
I am a powerful, loving and creative being
I accept myself completely here and now
I now feel inner peace and serenity
I accept all my feelings as part of myself
Good strong contractions help my baby come into the world
I embrace the concept of healthy pain
I have enough love to go around, the universe always provides
I am strong, confident assured and assertive
My body contains all the knowledge necessary to give birth to my baby
My baby knows how and when to be born
Birth is a safe and wonderful experience
My baby will be born healthy and at the perfect time
I am content, all is well
Quotes
"Just as a woman’s heart knows how and when to pump, her lungs to inhale, and her hand to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth." ~ Virginia Di Orio
“There is a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” ~ Laura Stavoe Harm
300,000 women will be giving birth with you today. Relax and breathe and do nothing else. Labor is hard work and you can do it. ~Unknown
The power and intensity of your contractions cannot be stronger than you, because it is you. ~Unknown