Listen to it in the last weeks of pregnancy so the words feel familiar, then play it in early labor, at home or at the hospital. It takes two or three minutes and is written to loop for as long as you like. It’s meant for every kind of birth: unmedicated, with an epidural, induced or by C-section.
Read by Ivy
01Today my body is doing the big work of birth. I’m not doing it alone.
02Each contraction builds and then passes. I meet this one, then rest in the quiet after.
03A long, low breath out. My jaw softens and my hands open.
04Only this contraction. The next one can wait its turn.
05Every contraction that passes is one I never have to do again. Each brings my baby closer.
06Water or pain relief, I can ask for what I need. My voice matters here.
07There’s no right way to give birth. Whatever choices I make, I’m doing it well.
08If plans change, I change with them. A different birth is still a birth to be proud of.
09Between waves, I rest.
10Strong and supported, I’m meeting my baby soon. One wave, then rest.
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Why it’s written this way
Labor is long, and it comes in waves. This loop is written to match that rhythm. Each note holds one idea short enough to hear between contractions, and the order moves from grounding to coping to the bigger picture.
The early notes focus on the contraction in front of you: it builds and then passes, and you only have to meet this one. Breathing out long and low, with a soft jaw and open hands, gives your body something to do. The note about every contraction being one you never have to do again is a way many people find helpful for staying with the present moment.
The middle notes protect your voice and your choices. Asking for pain relief is treated as just as valid as asking for water, and there is a note for when plans change, because birth often doesn’t follow the plan. Nothing here shames any kind of birth. It ends on meeting your baby, the reason for all of it.