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How to maintain birth confidence when your partner's anxiety affects you

My partner is more scared than I am about the birth and their anxiety is making me doubt my own confidence.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Others' emotional states can contaminate our own sense of security during vulnerable transitions.

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

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