50 Supportive Texts To Send A Friend Who Is In Labor

When your pal is heading into labor, whether you’ve lived the same experience or not, you can certainly feel some sense of anxiety, anticipation, and adrenaline. Let’s be real, labor is traumatic. It’s a human exiting another human’s body. Hello! But at the same time, you need to be the strong one. And short of joining your friend in the delivery room, your next best option is to stay in touch via phone. Texts to send a friend who is in labor can go in a few directions.

Consider first that your friend is about to go the distance as it were physically. This is the time be the ultimate cheerleader. In between chomping on ice cubes and practicing breathing techniques, your pal might have a chance to glimpse at their phone, so send some rah rah energy via text messages.

If you know your friend will appreciate something more chill, then a genuine supportive text about what an incredible parent the friend who is in labor will be is just as good. If you have no idea what to text, messages of love will always be appreciated.

And when in doubt, consider a little humor — she could probably use the laugh.

Either way, don’t expect them to respond to your text while they’re in labor — they likely has enough on her plate at the moment. But they’ll appreciate your words of love, encouragement, and humor, no matter when they read them, either between contractions or after they’re finally holding Baby in their arms.

Go Girl, Texts

Cheering on friends is ultimately what friendship is all about. We all need a loud and positive person in our corner and that is never more true than on delivery day.

• You got this, babe!
• This baby is going to be brilliant!
• You make delivery look easy!
• Remember, just breathe.
• I can’t wait to see both your beautiful faces.
• What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
• Push!!!
• You are woman, hear you roar!

Supportive Texts

Maybe cheerleading is not your friend’s thing. Maybe they just need calm, reflective support. In that case, consider these texts to send a friend who is labor that focus on the incredible thing they’re about to do.

• “In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves.” - Myla and Jon Kabat Zinn
• “There is a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” - Laura Stavoe Harm
• Everything you need to accomplish this is already inside of you.
• I promise this will be over soon and you’ll have the best reward when its done.
• This too shall pass.
• Think of the baby.
• I’m here for you!

Love Texts

General texts of love are something you should send friends anytime, but they make especially great texts to send a friend who is in labor. Keep it light, keep it brief, keep it meaningful. That’s the stuff a person pushing what amounts to a bowling ball out of their body will appreciate hearing.

• Have I told you lately how proud I am of you?
• I love you friend.
• XOXO
• Love you, mean it.
• Remember, the moment a child is born, a mother is born too.
• “God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.”
• This baby already adores you! Just as much as I do.

Funny Texts

Sometimes a friend delivering a baby needs a good laugh — maybe in between a big contraction. Remember, those contractions can come fast and furious so keep your text short and to the point a la Shakespeare who said “brevity is the soul of wit.” Here are few idea for funny texts to send a friend who is labor.

• I’ve got next round (with a cocktail emoji)
• “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” - Franklin P. Jones
• Give ‘em hell, girl!
• When they ask you if you want more drugs, remember the answer is “yes.”
• Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing - Fight Club (What? Too soon?)
• You and your baby are going to love your matching diapers.
• When in doubt, send your partner for the nurse.
• It’s not delivery, it’s Digiorno.

With these texts to send a friend who is in labor, you can help them bring that baby in the world knowing you’ve got their back the minute they bring their new bundle home.