I made it to 9 centimeters and transition with my first baby before getting an epidural. It was totally manageable until transition, when I had absolutely no breaks between contractions and they were so bad that I couldn’t move or talk. I would like to do natural for my second, and want to start researching techniques and tricks, especially to get through transition and pushing. I have heard great things about hypnobirthing, but I am kind of a high-anxiety analytical person and I have always been terrible at meditation-type exercises. Do you think that could work for someone like me? Any non-hypnobirthing methods that people have liked? Due to the covid-19 situation, I probably won’t be able to have a doula with me at the hospital. And they don’t offer birthing tubs where I plan to deliver.