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When family birth stories create anxiety about your own experience

My mother keeps telling me horror stories about her difficult births and I can't get her words out of my head as my due date approaches.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Inherited narratives about significant life experiences can shape expectations in ways that increase rather than decrease anxiety.

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“Where Are You with Birth and the birth experience?”

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