018: 70 affirmations to use in labor and birth

Plus: How they work, the four-step framework to use, and the power of passing them on

When preparing for the birth of my son, I wrote my birth affirmations on the back of oxytocin-boosting photos of my daughter. —Kelsey

Birth. 

It can be beautiful, and it can be terrifying. Unfamiliar, yet intuitive. Blissful, yet traumatic. In birth, all the things can be true; and all those conflicting sentiments swirling around are different for everyon…