A poem to assist with visualisation,
…The Rose My cervix is like a rosebud
Ready to Open and blossom
I am nurtured by everyone around me as the rose is nurtured by the soil
The rosebud gradually, ever so softly, opens and blossoms.

I open and blossom.
My cervix is soft and ripe like a rosebud.
I see the outer petals of the rose falling away
I see my cervix yielding like the outer petals of the rose.
Every wave opens another petal of my rosebud cervix.
I welcome each wave, which is opening my rosebud cervix.
I welcome and receive all the nurturing around me, which helps me open.
Just like the warm sun opens the rose, the warmth I receive opens my cervix. I yield and open.
The rose does not resist.
I open and blossom.
~ Barbara Harper “Gentle Birth Choices”
