I agree with Lixy 100%. I just read the books for knowledge not because I thought I would go natural. I had a problem with my epidural so it turned out to be helpful in the long run. One of the things I read discussed the "contractions". That makes it sound like the focus is cramping or getting smaller. This book suggested they were "expansions" and that with each one you should concentrate on the period just after and visualize yourself opening not contracting. Gave me a completely different focus.

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