The birth process is a journey that is affected by both the mind and the physical body. One influences the other, just as gears movement affects the motion of the one beside it and thus the others, the mind influences our hormone production, which influences the uterus contraction, the cervix softening and the dilating. Our mind is the main player in our nervous system that's responsible for both voluntary and involuntary muscles contractions, relaxation and tension. Thus, I