30/07/2025
What’s love got to do with it?! (Bonus points if you sang this line)
Labour is powered by the love hormone Oxytocin ❤️
A hormone that we release at other times of loving for example- falling in love, making love, bonding
This wonderful hormone powers your surges (contractions) and works best in environments that are dimly lit, have a feeling of privacy and feel familiar.
Ask yourself this about your birth, Could I have a romantic night in here? Do I feel safe? If the answer is no you might want to adjust the environment.
Have a think about where you are going choose to birth your baby. Where are you going to feel most at ease and the safest?
Wherever you choose to birth it’s useful to think about what you can use to create an environment that helps those love hormones flow.
Useful things are your own music, battery operated tea lights (to dim the lights), your own soft comforts, familiar relaxing smells, a supportive loving birth partner.
And yes, you are ‘allowed’ to adapt your birth room. This is your baby, your birth.
On my Hypnobirthing courses you will gain an understanding of how your body works during labour, including all the wonderful ways your body makes it easier for you, as well as a whole lot more. Hypnobirthing is a complete birth preparation course.
Send me a message an all send you the details of my up-and-coming courses!
Laura 🥰
