How To Write Your Own Pregnancy Affirmations (plus, FREE PRINTABLE Affirmation Cards)
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Your pregnancy journey will be filled with ups and downs. One of the best things you can do throughout the journey of pregnancy is to prepare your mind, body, and soul for baby’s birth. Luckily, these pregnancy affirmations can help you do that!
Even the most difficult days of being pregnant can be easily transformed into a precious time.
What are Positive Affirmations?
Positive affirmations are essentially like a positive statement or positive message to help encourage positive thoughts and make it easier to overcome negative emotions.
It helps to reframe negative thoughts. For example, if you are worried about your birth plan not going according to plan, that worry might look like this:
“I’m so worried my birth won’t go according to plan, it will be devastating”.
Affirmations can help turn that thought into this: “I’m worried my birth plan won’t go according to plan, but I know my body and my mind can handle anything.” Do you see how much more positive that 2nd thought was? It allows you to acknowledge the worry, but shift the negative tone into a positive light.
With enough practice, positive thinking can become 2nd nature to your response despite any type of situation you’re faced with.
Benefits of Positive Affirmations during Pregnancy
Emotional support is a crucial part of both pregnancy and postpartum. That’s because lots of women experience strong emotions, mood swings, and even mental health disorders throughout the process.
First, let’s cover some of the reasons moms might benefit from using positive affirmations (such as their fears or worries about pregnancy and labor):
- Fear of pain during labor
- Fear of pregnancy loss
- Stress from physical complications
- Worrying about being a good mom/parent
- Difficulty accepting weight gain
- Worried she’s not gaining enough weight
- Physical changes
- Fear about bringing baby home to other children (for parents with 1+ children)
- Stress about losing her job
- Worried about their relationship with their partner
Now that we know some of the most common worries pregnant women have, we can use positive affirmations to help them calm their fears and worries throughout pregnancy.
So how exactly can pregnancy affirmations help calm those fears and worries:
- Help moms replace negative thoughts and words with positive words and thoughts
- Put you in a positive mindset before baby’s birth
- Helps you to appreciate your beautiful pregnant body at ALL sizes
- Retrain your bain’s ability to reframe negative thinking
- Minimized negative self-talk
- Can put you in a positive state of mind to make the best possible decisions throughout pregnancy, labor, and postpartum
How To Write Your Own Pregnancy Affirmations
Now that we know what affirmations are, how can we find them?
Well, for starters, you can simply google whatever kind of affirmation you’re looking for. In this case, it’s “PREGNANCY AFFIRMATIONS”.
You’ll likely see a whole slew of results pop up ranging from “YOU CAN DO THIS” statements to “BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, MAMA”.
But what’s even cooler is that you can totally make up your own affirmations 100% tailored to your personal needs!
Here’s some simple affirmation prompts to help you get started (fill in the blanks):
- I BELIEVE I can __________________________
- My Birth is _______________________________
- I’m the _________________________ mom for my baby
You can continue using this kind of approach to writing more of your own pregnancy affirmations.
Positive Pregnancy Affirmations You Can Listen To
If writing just isn’t your thing, you can find great videos on YOUTUBE or Recordings on Amazon Audible.
Below is a youtube compilation of calming pregnancy affirmations. Give it a listen and see if you prefer to read, write, or listen to them!
Positive affirmations for healthy pregnancy
If you’re struggling to write your own positive pregnancy affirmations throughout your pregnancy, below is a list of 20 POSITIVE Pregnancy Affirmations to make sure your mind and body stay happy & healthy!
1. Pregnancy might be difficult, but I CHOOSE to enjoy each day.
2. My body, heart, and soul were made for my baby.
3. My body is capable of what seems like the toughest challenges.
4. I will cherish, love, and accept my birthing experience and it’s entirety.
5. My birth is and will be exactly what is needed to be for my baby and me.
6. There is NO greater love than the love I already have for my growing baby in my belly.
7. I trust my body to safely guide me through this pregnancy and birth experience.
8. I appreciate my body for its ability to grow and birth life.
9. Whenever I think “I can’t”, I will close my eyes, take a deep breath, and remind myself I CAN!
10. This pregnancy is a blessing and I’m grateful for the life inside of me.
11. I will be relaxed and focused to help bring my baby into this world.
12. I am STRONG and CAPABLE of handling anything life chooses me to handle throughout this pregnancy.
13. My pregnancy body is beautiful and strong.
14. I’m proud of myself and my body for growing my baby.
15. I truly believe my baby chose me because I am worthy of his/her existence & unconditional love.
16. I promise to continue being strong for my baby EVEN AFTER my pregnancy is over.
17. I trust my baby and body will allow me to meet him/her at the right time.
18. I owe no explanations about my pregnancy to anyone because I KNOW it’s the best thing for myself and my family.
19. I will always advocate for myself and my baby during this pregnancy.
20. Pregnancy has been such a gift and I thank my body for helping me carry this gift.
How do positive affirmations actually work?
Ok, I get it. You’re probably wondering how the heck reading or saying something positive can actually work, right?
The first major point about positive affirmations is that you truly need to BELIEVE what you’re telling yourself.
It’s believed that our brains continue to adjust and reorganize itself to adjust to environmental, chemical, or emotional changes.
When positive affirmations are used and BELIEVED, our brains can rewire the negative thoughts into positive ones [SOURCE]!
For instance, if I believed I’d never be able to give birth because it seemed scary. I could practice and make myself believe the opposite through positive affirmations.
The second part of this is that you need to PRACTICE THEM CONSISTENTLY!
If you read your affirmation one day and don’t revisit for another month, chances are they won’t be useful for you.
Make sure you keep your affirmations somewhere you will see them, say them, and believe them daily!
FREE Printable Pregnancy Affirmation Cards
I put together a set of pregnancy affirmation cards you can easily download & print to start using today!
You can pack these inside your hospital bag to help you mentally prepare for childbirth.
You could even stick them up around the house such as in a mirror corner, on the fridge, by your TV, and more!
Hopefully, you’re on the path to clearing out any negative thoughts or feelings you’ve been having about your pregnancy or future birth and can start to believe that YOU were made for this journey, mama!
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- The most AFFORDABLE online birth class every expecting mom needs (taught by a labor & delivery nurse)
Did you use Positive Pregnancy Affirmations?!
Drop a comment below sharing your FAVORITE positive affirmation that could help out another mom!
My wife and I have had 5 children together. Through all of those pregnancies I believe I fulfilled the role of providing positive pregnancy affirmations by making late night trips to Sonic for milkshakes and mozzarella sticks! 😂
Haha, what an AWESOME support partner you were for your wife!!! I don’t think any mom-to-be would need aspirations if they got their milkshakes and mozzarella sticks on request, lol!