I am excited to start a new weekly series of blog posts to be called MOM for mindfulness on Monday. In these posts, I will identify a common fear that birthing women bring with them into their births and an affirmation or perhaps several to rewrite positivity over the fear in their mind. HypnoBirthing utilizes 5 types of strategies to get your mind fit for birth. Affirmations is one, and the others are visualization, hypnosis, breathing and relaxation. Affirmations are state