Images to prepare for birthPositive thoughts.

Each image carries a story. Together, they help your mind approach the big day with calm.

The roller coaster

Discover what it takes to have your arms in the air on the way out.

Coming off a roller coaster, the stories differ: one says “that was incredible, I want to go again!”, the other that it was the most horrible experience of her life. The same ride can leave two stories.

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Surfing the waves

The contraction rises, peaks, recedes. Between each wave: a holiday in Hawaii.

On a monitor, a contraction looks exactly like a wave: something that rises and falls, and then it's finished. If you've done one more, that's one less to go.

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Via ferrata

Anyone can do it, that doesn't mean you skip the harness.

Picture a via ferrata for kids: basically anyone can reach the other side. Even so, no one would do it without a helmet or a harness.

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Stay in your bubble

The bubble is your best protection. Discover how to stay in it.

It happens all by itself: when the level of pain increases, you naturally start feeling a bit further away, like you're not really here. It's actually a great protection.

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23 stories, in your pocket.

In Hoama, listen to the 23 stories told by Caroline: 13 to prepare for birth, 10 for the first weeks with your baby. Free, no account, no ads.

Caroline, midwife

By Caroline, midwife

M.Sc, midwife in private practice in a French city near the Alps. Certified in physiological birth, natural birth, and medical hypnosis. She teaches at university the latest research advances in drug-free pain management.

This page doesn't replace the advice of your midwife or your maternity unit.