Whether you believe that stroking your lucky rabbit’s foot—or holding a funeral for your dead pet rabbit—makes a difference or not, research shows that it still benefits you to enact these rituals. Participating in a ritual can be an effective way to alleviate grief and anxiety. Logic would hold that the same goes for postpartum […]
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If you had asked me in high school, or even 10 years ago (yes, I’m that old) what I wanted to be when I grew up, “A Hypnobabies Instructor,” would not have been my first answer…or my answer at all! The truth is, my path to becoming a Hypnobabies Instructor follows my path into motherhood.
How I Became a Hypnobabies Instructor by, Megan Read More »
As parents, we can have great influence on the feelings and beliefs our of little ones throughout their lives. I am going to focus on the beginnings of our influence in our child’s beliefs and feelings: pregnancy and birth. On pre-conception: Now I do need to back up just a little bit. We technically have
Feelings and Beliefs Begin during Pregnancy… Read More »
Thank you to Kristall for sharing her birth story with us! I don’t believe in love at first sight. My husband won’t mind me saying this as he feels the same about me hahaha – we were best of friends for years before we grew in love with each other.Ok I lie, I didn’t used
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Thank you Wendy for sharing your birth story with me and my readers! It was such an honor to be there. When I think of Westleys birth I am filled with love, and the spirit. It was exactly how I imagined it would be. Four short hours of pain free birth. I was woken up
Westley’s birth – Filled with love and the spirit Read More »
I have been wanting to do a podcast for over 2 years now. I finally am making my dream come true! Well, that may be a little over dramatic, but I am pretty excited about it. I am basically doing this instead of an online childbirth class. Much easier and free for moms everywhere!!! It
Enjoying Pregnancy Birth and Babies – My First Podcast! – [Podcast 001] Read More »
Being Flexible This may seem counter intuitive. You educate yourself about your choices, you create birth preferences and choose a care provider who is supportive of them and you plan for the ideal birth. Why would it be important to let go of expectations when your birthing time begins? Because birth is unpredictable—there are many
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Education – We already talked about one mind tool a few days ago and that is education. When your mind is full of good information about birth, you will have the tools to make good choices for you and your baby on your birthing journey. Hypnobabies In my experience the best tool to harness the
Tool #1: The Power of your Mind – Education – Enjoy Birth {day 14} Read More »
I just shared a potentially scary story about how my first baby’s life was in jeopardy in utero, but doing kick counts saved his life. I don’t want you to be scared or full of fear about my experience. I love what Gavin De Becker says about fear: “Worry is the fear we
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Learning to follow your intuition is imperative in building your trust in your body’s ability to birth. Education is important—it will help you know the options you have and the pros and cons of each one. But when it comes down to making the choices before, during and after your birth, your intuition is the
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