09/18/2025
Your best tool in active labor and transition?
Your breathing. 😮💨 it is so underrated yet specifically linked to your entire birth experience!
💛Relaxation: Deep, slow breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which calms the body and mind and releases tension.
💛Oxygenation: Deep breaths deliver more oxygen to your muscles and your uterus, making each contraction more productive and helping to sustain energy.
💛Sense of Control: Practicing and implementing breathing techniques gives you an active role in coping with contractions, fostering a feeling of empowerment during labor.
💛Distraction: having a specific counting method during contraction, like counting for 4 seconds while breathing in and 6 seconds breathing out, helps focus tremendously and can help contractions feel much shorter!
Make sure you read this mama’s birth story! It’s beautiful
