Understanding Pain Tolerance vs Pain Threshold in Childbirth | 113

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So what I want to do is encourage you that, honestly, your current pain tolerance level doesn't really matter when it comes to labor. The very most important thing that I want you guys to know is that your pain threshold you can actually change, which makes a very huge difference during your birth. So we've got your pain threshold, that's the minimum amount of pain, the minimum intensity where you start thinking, Oh my God, this hurts. 


And so that's when you start using some of your tools and start using some of your resources, right? Your pain tolerance is the maximum amount, so your pain threshold, minimum amount, pain tolerance, maximum amount. The pain tolerance is where you're like, Oh my God, I need some kind of resources, whether it's your unmedicated pain plan, management plan, whether it's an epidural, whether it's IV narcotics maybe nitrous oxide, movement, whatever it is that you've decided. 


Threshold. Remember I said that's where you start thinking, wow, this hurts. And you're probably like I really just need to have a better pain tolerance. Who cares about my threshold? But that's not true because if you can raise your pain threshold, you're gonna be able to cope longer. You're gonna be able to use those tools and have a much better labor experience. 


Now, if you're telling yourself, Oh my God, I'm not going to be able to handle it. What if I can't handle it? I'm not going to be able to cope. Guess what? Chances are you might not be able to, but on the flip side, if we can start working on your mindset and changing those limiting beliefs, 


The power of education is just beyond I can't even tell you guys. I can't even tell you how powerful that is. Education is the number one most powerful thing you can do to raise your pain threshold. Remember, that's where you start thinking, wow, this hurts. If you are uneducated, if you're not prepared for birth and you start having contractions, those minimal contractions, you might be like freaking out in your head and starting to tell your head, your mind, a lot of negative things, which is going to make your body tense. 


So if you go into labor thinking, wow, I have a really high pain tolerance without the knowledge or the realities of what to expect during labor, or even thinking that your epidural is going to save your life, that often means you're going to be completely unprepared. You have to do the work ahead of time. 


On my landing page on my blog, it says, Getting you prepared before the contractions start. Once they start, too late. So education and understanding, understanding labor and birth allows you to have a realistic expectation and therefore a higher threshold. If you go into labor, Understanding the stages of labor, understanding what to expect, understanding how intense it might get, having your body prepared, preparing your mindset. 


100%, no doubt about it. And that is what, this is why we do our free stuff, this is why we do the full birth courses. Let me see, so Alyssa said just had a baby two days ago, it was plain and epidural and all three of them didn't work. Breath work really helped. Yes, you have to have a plan, a pain management plan B. 


Think about anything you've ever done that's new to you. And think of something that you did that was new to you, but you absolutely were not prepared for, you didn't do any research, you just showed up and you winged it. And tell me how your mindset was, how you handled it. For some of you guys, maybe a very select few, it's fine. 


But for the majority of us, if we do something new that we're not prepared for, Our mindset goes down the toilet. However, if you're prepared, if you fill up your labor tool bag with tools and coping mechanisms, having something to use during each stage of labor, when you show up at the hospital or you show up at your birthplace or those first contractions show up, you're gonna freaking rock it. 


If you fill up your labor tool bag with tools and techniques and methods to cope, You are going to rock your birth. Because if I can help you change the way you view the pain, if I can drastically raise your pain threshold with you, it's going to create a much better birth experience, which is what we all want, right? 


So that you're using those tools, but you're not focused on, Oh my God, this is so horrible. I feel horrible. Oh my God, what do I do? No, we're going to have you so freaking calm and peaceful, hence the name of my birth class, Calm and Confident, so that you are going to just blow through this birth and be so confident. 


We don't want you to get into the fear, pain, tension cycle. We want you to get into the calm, peaceful, release. cycle. And that's what I'm going to teach you guys this week. How we get you there. How do we get you there? Because there's a method to it and there's a process and a framework and a, I have a nine step process of what we do inside the birth room to get you there. 


Do those things. I am so passionate about helping you guys have the best birth possible. I had a wonderful pregnancy with my first baby, but I ended up with preeclampsia at 40 weeks. She's 10 months old now. We're planning baby two. Worrying about hypertension during labor again, possible. It's possible that it could happen, but it's also possible that it won't. 


Hey there, I hope you enjoyed this short little Instagram live that I did. Talking about your pain tolerance, your pain threshold, your mindset, and how you can get prepped for labor. And how Dinking important. Your mindset is if you have not taken a birth class girl, do it. You can join my birth class using the Code Pod 50 to save $50 off today.