Birth Affirmation

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I Can Do It   by Patricia Blomme Today is the day I have been waiting so patiently for.  Within me I can feel the stirrings.   Stirrings I have wondered about since the first realization of what was to come. They come from deep within me.  I feel joy!    Today my body will fulfill the purpose for which it has been made. Today I will show my strength, my courage, my love for my child. I can feel the strength in my body,  a wonderful strength that is meant for just this purpose.   I can feel my body opening up.  Opening up like the petals of a spring tulip on a cool morning. My body is beginning a labor of love.    I accept all that comes to pass with the birth of my child. I know that it will require much from me,  much that, through love, I am willing to give.   My body is strong.  My body has hundreds of thousands of years of history in it. History that will allow me to birth my child with joy and ease.   I will not feel pain.  I will feel the widening of my child's birth passage. I will surrender to the opening of my body. My body knows what to do, I must let it be.    I will not let my mind interfere.  My mind stays steadily focused on the wonderful expression of love. Love that I am feeling as I birth my child.  My long awaited child.   I will give my body all the time it needs to work.  I will not track time other than to gaze at the sun or the stars. I know I must give in to the emotions of birth.  I must remain open.  As the waves come I will triumph over them,  one by one,  all the while surrendering to them.    I am surrounded by love and trust,  and that is what protects me.    Today my body is opening and releasing my child to me. Today is the day that I will cherish forever.

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