Hello and welcome to this meditation to help prepare you to birth and meet your baby.
Firstly congratulations,
You have reached this magical time of birthing your baby.
Your body has gone through enormous physiological changes to develop your baby.
For this moment acknowledge and respect how your body has done this for you.
As you do this take a slow deep breath deep down into your belly and gently breathe the air out.
Continue with your deep slow rhythmic breathing in and out.
As you breathe know that your body during this pregnancy has made amazing changes.
Your body has allowed your baby to grow and develop.
Your body has grown a new organ called your placenta.
Your placenta has connected you with your baby and provided nourishment and oxygen.
Your body during this time has moved and stretched.
Your organs,
Muscles,
Skin,
Ligaments and pelvis.
Each movement you make your baby knows and feels.
Each movement your baby makes you feel.
Each movement reassures you that baby is well.
Knowing and trusting that your body has done an amazing job at supporting your baby.
Just like now you trust and know that your body knows exactly what to do to birth your baby.
There is no need for you to think about birthing.
Just like you don't need to think about how to breathe or how to get your heart pumping.
Your body does it for you.
Your job is to trust at the precise time your baby is ready that your body will know what to do.
Birthing involves the part of your brain known as the reptilian or primal brain.
The part of your brain that developed whilst you were in utero.
The reptilian brain controls the body's vital functions such as your heart rate,
Breathing,
Body temperature and balance.
It is the part of your brain that is best utilised when it is quiet,
Dark,
Peaceful and you feel safe.
Your brain and body will know what to do.
Knowing how to trust this process and follow the natural rhythms and sensations of your body will help you to birth your baby as nature intended.
Knowing that birth is a natural physiological event in a woman's life.
Knowing like many women before you that you can harness the power of your reptilian brain to birth your baby.
Knowing that you have the wisdom to trust and allow your body to instinctively do what it needs to do to birth your baby.
As you start to feel your body changing and the different sensations of what your body is doing,
Trust your body.
As you start to feel your belly tighten,
Feeling cramping sensations,
Feeling discomfort in your back,
You may feel nauseated.
You may feel like you need to rest or you may feel like you need to move.
Feeling like you may need to use your bowels more.
You may see changes with your discharge.
As you start to feel all the different sensations,
Embrace these sensations.
Close your eyes and as you slowly breathe and rock side to side,
Focus on your baby.
Focus on your partner.
Focus on feeling safe,
Loved and protected.
Focus on your breath as you feel the many sensations your body is doing to birth your baby.
Feeling the muscles in your uterus tightening and relaxing.
Knowing that your cervix is gently thinning and moving for your baby.
Breathing to these sensations.
Moving to these sensations.
Rest as much as you can in between feeling all of these different sensations.
Your body and baby are doing exactly the right thing at the right time to birth your baby.
The sensations start to get stronger.
Close your eyes and go within.
Breathe,
Rock side to side,
Move,
Hum,
Make noise,
Use the shower,
Use a heat pack,
Use the Thames.
Your pelvis is opening,
Your uterine muscles are tightening,
Your baby is moving,
Your body is doing everything to birth your baby.
You will meet your baby soon.
Focus on your breath,
Focus on your baby.
Breathe,
Move,
You are safe,
You are protected,
Your body is doing all of the right things.
Go to your happy place,
Visualize your happy place.
Breathe,
You will soon meet your baby.
You will soon be holding your baby in your arms.
You will soon be looking at your baby in awe.
Know that your body has done an amazing job to birth your baby no matter how that birth has evolved.
Breathe,
Welcome your baby,
Love your baby,
We can't wait to meet your beautiful baby.
