Fear is anxiousness, worry and dread caused by the expectation of danger.
Doubt and fear in pregnancy lead to endless tests to appease it. This builds more anxiety and fear. Constriction fights the process of opening to birth. This causes enormous pain and demands the use of pain medications. In this state, we feel helpless to take responsibility for our birth and the medical system is right there to lead us into a medical birth that often is not the birth we envision for ourselves or our baby.