I found that imagining the contractions as waves bringing my son to shore was a useful image.
For me the hardest part was my body not feeling safe enough to fully dilate. If you have a significant mother wound or a lot of trauma in your past, consider how you will help your body know it is safe.
Disagreeing slightly with a post above I would recommend joining your local FB mom group if you are in a good headspace because there is nowhere else where you will find out such things as: which doctors are any good, where to buy a certain useful item that is sold out everywhere else, etc. Bicker some might, but the sheer knowledge of how to navigate with children at a local level is so useful. Just don't use it for friends of psychological support - let those people be real people.
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For me the hardest part was my body not feeling safe enough to fully dilate. If you have a significant mother wound or a lot of trauma in your past, consider how you will help your body know it is safe.
Disagreeing slightly with a post above I would recommend joining your local FB mom group if you are in a good headspace because there is nowhere else where you will find out such things as: which doctors are any good, where to buy a certain useful item that is sold out everywhere else, etc. Bicker some might, but the sheer knowledge of how to navigate with children at a local level is so useful. Just don't use it for friends of psychological support - let those people be real people.