A gentle, honest guide to mindfulness in pregnancy and birth in Anne Arundel County, from a certified HypnoBirthing doula. Learn how movement, meditation, and awareness can change the way you give birth.

So many people have this version of birth in their heads from all the fictionalized accounts of birth they’ve seen over the years through movies and television where it’s screaming chaos with so much pain. I won’t tell you that it’ll be pain free, but that version of birth does not have to be your version. The more you can start to frame the labor process not as a terrible trial to go through, but as this great journey of transformation, a trip that’ll be the hardest thing you’ve ever done, but one of the best things, the more prepared you’ll be when the time comes.

If you don’t already practice some form of mindfulness in your life, now is a great time to start. It’s a way to connect to yourself and to help you to stay grounded. At its core, mindfulness is the practice of being here in this moment, offering yourself reflection, emotional regulation, and compassion. Mindfulness isn’t about always feeling peaceful–it’s about meeting whatever’s here with awareness and care.