[header] How to breathe during labor [title] Start with two breaths to one " blow. [step] " a basic slow breathing pattern is breathing in twice to every single time you breathe out. It's a quicker breathing pattern than how you breathe normally, about twice as fast as normal. 
Cock [substeps] You can try breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth, though do whatever you are most comfortable with. You'll be using this type of breathing later on in your labor.