" You undoubtedly thought you did make that commitment to want to work with your labor, but then you’ve never felt a working contraction in your life, and it takes your breath away; it takes you by surprise and scares you a bit. That’s okay, but the sooner you make that commitment to want to work with your body and try lying down and going for it with the deepest relaxation you can achieve, the better it is "

― Susan McCutcheon , Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way