Capturing Final Pregnancy Moments & Birthing Affirmations

Two weeks ago I attended my last prenatal checkup. The doctor told me I was dilating and effacing & that I may have a:

Super Bowl Baby

Hold up! A baby in my arms….2 days later! What the faaaaaaaa!?!

Although I knew the official due date was a week-ish out – I was shook at this predicted acceleration.

Given this news – I decided to be fully present in the next day.

To Let Go & Flow

To Do What Felt Good To Me

After all – this could be my last day as a pregnant woman EVERRRRR!

& I am so glad I honored that day as it was my:

Final Full Day of Pregnancy

My Final Pregnancy Moments consisted of:

Eating a yummy breakfast on the couch (burning my mouth sipping super hot coffee)
Bumming around in a cozy robe until dang near noon
Taking a nice warm noon bath
Getting dressed up in a pink elephant patterned gown (perfect for a large bump!)
Sitting in the Bearina Bubble watching my kids play in the snow (fussed at one for throwing a giant ice block at my window!)
Opening a box of brand new UGG Slippers (I was praying they would get to me before delivery 🙂 )
A couple calls & texts with loved ones
Researching & writing out Birthing Affirmations
Hanging out with my family & eating more yummy food

Chillaxin to the Max

Out of all the things I did that day the one that truly helped get me ready for delivering a human – was writing out the birthing affirmations . The initial plan was to find a list of birthing affirmations online and just print them. I don’t have a home printer so that did not happen. Instead I was given the opportunity to research and write out affirmations by hand. I am so glad it happened this way – as writing them out really got the affirmations to soak into my heart!

**That kid behind me threw ice at the window 🙂**

**Observing kids from the Bearina Bubble**

I used a mini spiral bound index card booklet from the dollar store to jot down the affirmations.

Here is the birthing affirmation booklet:

Note: The affirmations were not flipped through during delivery as I had planned – as things escalated quickly. Nevertheless, I do not regret creating the affirmation flip book. The act of writing the affirmations helped get them rooted in my heart. Which in my opinion is better. 🙂 As I was delivering I kept being inwardly reminded to focus on the next 60 seconds.

I highly recommend having affirmations in the birthing toolkit! It’s good to be encouraged when the contraction waves are hitting hard. Knowing that I would soon be recovering with a new baby in my arms and comfy UGG Slippers on my toesies also helped! 🙂