100+ Birth Mantras To Get You Through Labor

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Birth mantras are a great way to train your mind when giving birth. Your headspace is very important during labor, birth, and postpartum. Creating a mindset that is positive and powerful can help you have the birth you want! Labor mantras – also known as labor or birth affirmations – can help you and your partner coach your mind through childbirth.

What is a birth mantra for labor?

A birth mantra, or labor mantra, is a positive phrase or saying that helps you feel powerful and uplifted. In the throes of labor, it can be helpful to recite these out loud or in your own head to boost your confidence and change your perspective. They are empowering and help you recognize your own strength and resilience.

This powerful tool keeps the negative thoughts away and welcomes positive thoughts. Birth mantras can be used by the person in labor, the dad, or whoever else is supporting you. They may be spoken aloud, written, or thought about.

These birth affirmations are very helpful in warding off negative feelings and refocusing on the power of your body. Your birth partners can say them with you or for you as well. It may even bring them a sense of peace or confidence!

In fact, these can be a great way to involve your partner in labor. It’s great to have a motivator and it can help keep everyone in the room calm and excited.

You can use these positive sayings for any kind of birth and with any forms of pain management. They are for anyone and everyone! There are no rules when it comes to using mantras for labor. Do whatever feels right to you.

When do you use labor affirmations?

You can use them through pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum. No matter what kind of birth you have, these can be an excellent way to have a calm birth.

Start saying them during pregnancy so they flow naturally during labor and birth. They are not just mantras for giving birth, they are positive affirmations that can be helpful before and after labor as well.

Whether you are planning a natural birth, a c-section, water birth, or whatever form of pain management you desire, using birth mantras may help you have a positive experience.

If you plan to write a birth plan, you may want to add a list of positive birth affirmations. This is an important thing to note if you find verbal affirmation helpful – especially in the throes of labor.

Powerful Birth Mantras

These labor affirmations will remind you of your inner strength. You can do this!

1. My baby and I work together
2. I will relax and let my cervix open
3. I am calm as I wait for the next contraction
4. I welcome each surge as my cervix opens
5. I was made for this
6. Women all over the world are birthing with me right now
7. I feel empowered and capable
8. My baby is coming soon
9. I am focused and strong
10. My baby and I work in complete harmony
11. That contraction is over and I never have to do it again
12. I am surrounded by love
13. I am excited to meet my baby
14. When I relax, my baby relaxes, too
15. I trust my body to know what to do
16. I can take a deep breath and have a peaceful birth
17. My mind is calm
18. My baby and I work together
19. Each contraction brings me closer to meeting my baby
20. My baby knows how and when to be born
21. The birth of my baby is amazing
22. I can breathe deeply
23. I am calm during my baby’s birth
24. I can do this because I am doing this
25. I trust my baby
26. Each surge brings my baby lower
27. I can trust my instincts
28. I am safe and secure
29. I am strong and able
30. I breathe in calm and exhale fear
31. I have created a new person and they are on their way to meet me

Best Labor Mantras For Pain (In Labor Or Pregnancy)

These mantras for labor are perfect for when then discomfort of contractions or pregnancy starts to wear you down.

1. This is part of the natural process
2. My body’s strength is unmatched
3. My body is amazing
4. I do not doubt myself
5. I am stronger than my contractions because I am my contractions
6. Each powerful surge has a purpose
7. This is a sacred time for me and my baby
8. I am worthy of a powerful birth
9. My mind and body relax together
10. I am unafraid, my baby is unafraid
11. I feel my body melt and relax between each surge
12. I take deep breaths and give them to my baby
13. I relax into my contraction to help my body open
14. I know I can do this
15. I believe in myself
16. I am present at my baby’s birth
17. My baby is making their way out and I am excited to meet them
18. I am doing enough
19. I continue to say what I need
20. I continue to have a voice and a choice
21. My intuition will guide me
22. I am the right person to birth my baby
23. I am making progress.
24. I welcome the pain as it helps my body open
25. This is normal
26. My body is opening for my baby
27. I can do anything for 60 seconds
28. I ride each wave with confidence
29. I am powerful and fearless
30. Every surge has a purpose
31. My discomfort is a good sign
32. I am moving in the right direction
33. I am not afraid of things to come
34. I melt into the space around me
35. I wiggle my fingers and toes to relax through the waves

Birth Affirmations For Cesarean Section

The good thoughts don’t have to stop because your baby is going to be born by c-section! This list of birthing mantras for c-sections will remind you of your power.

1. I will give myself space to heal
2. I will let go and be present
3. I am excited to meet my baby
4. My baby is making a safe exit
5. My team knows what to do
6. I trust my doctor to deliver my baby safely
7. I am surrounded by people who love me
8. My baby is loved and supported
9. I can lean on others for support
10. I created a beautiful life
11. I am enough
12. My body is strong

Labor Affirmations For Pushing

Pushing can be exhausting, but these labor mantras will help shift your focus to the fact you are almost done! You did it!

1. I am almost done
2. I can feel my baby move lower and lower
3. My baby is almost born
4. I am stronger than I realize
5. My baby and I work together
6. I am ready to meet my baby
7. I am excited to see what my baby looks like
8. My mind and my body work together
9. My body opens and stretches to make room for my little one
10. I am ready to rest with my baby
11. I am the strongest I have ever been

Birth Mantras For When Plans Change

Knowing things aren’t going according to plan can be unsettling. These labor mantras are perfect for when things stray from the expected.

1. My baby’s birth story is beautiful
2. I do not fear the unexpected
3. A different experience is not always a bad experience
4. I trust myself to receive medical advice and make good decisions
5. My birth experience is my own
6. I make the choice that is best for my baby and myself
7. I trust doctors and nurses to care for me
8. I trust myself to make the right choices
9. I have a voice and I have a choice
10. I give myself space to grieve

Birth Affirmations For Dads and Partners

These birth affirmations for dads, partners or other support people to say can help keep the mood positive. Those good vibes can go a long way in helping labor!

1. I am so proud of you
2. I believe in you. You can do this
3. Let me support you
4. Tell me how I can help
5. I’m with you
6. You are so strong and capable
7. I am in awe of you
8. You can lean into me
9. I trust your ability to birth the baby
10. Let’s inhale and exhale together. We breathe in calm and exhale fear.

Related: How to Help During Labor: Advice for Dads and Partners

How to use birth mantras

Throughout your birth process, your wants and needs may change. At some points of labor, affirmations may be helpful and ward off negative thinking. In other times, you may find it to be overkill or may find silence comforting.

There’s no right or wrong way to use affirmations as long as they’re positive!

Ways to use labor mantras:

• Print some birth affirmation cards and decorate your birth space with them. Stick one on the bathroom mirror, another at your bedside, in a frame, or wherever else in your delivery room as visual reminders. You can grab some free printable birth affirmations on BirthSmarts website to throw in your hospital bag.
• Print a list of birth affirmations for your support team – whether that be your spouse/partner, birth doula, friend, nurse, midwife, etc. – to use. By picking your favorite mantras, you know you’ll like and appreciate them.
• Practice reciting positive phrases during pregnancy – both out loud and in your head. With enough repetition, the words will flow smoothly during your baby’s birth
• Write your own personal mantra. Your own birth affirmations may bring you more peace. It’s not hard to write positive mantras that feel inspiring or calming to you.

Birth Mantra

The best birth mantra for you is the one that resonates with you. Some of them may sound cheesy or don’t relate to your personal values, and that’s OK!

Write down or discuss with your partner what you favorite mantras for giving birth are. When we talk positively about ourselves and our birth, we feel better about them!

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I have seen such a difference in how people feel about their birthing experience when they use mantras. That positive mindset carries into their postpartum recovery. It’s amazing what something as simple as positive statements can do!

What are your favorite labor mantras?