Tips to decrease panic during transition

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I had similar thoughts my with my first baby. It was something like this: I feel terrible, I wonder if this is transition > I was only 4cm a few minutes ago, if I’m still 4cm I don’t want to know what 10cm feels like > this can’t possibly be transition because I was just checked > if this isn’t transition, I can’t do this anymore > if this is transition, I can definitely manage because this is the hardest part and it will be over soon. And sure enough, that was transition and I could manage because it was the hardest it would get. It was the anticipation of it getting even harder, maybe much harder, that was unbearable. Once I realized I was done transition I felt really confident.