“I have been a midwife for 11 years. I do not want to mislead women into thinking that childbirth is not painful.

“Whenever you describe childbirth, you are walking on thin ice because it is such a different experience for everybody.

“Pain is normal and natural and opens up all chakras. A woman becomes a conduit for beautiful energy. If you allow the pain to be what it is and be as strong as it needs to be, you go into an altered state of consciousness. Some of that is due to the physical, the endorphins, which create that dreamy ability to cope with what is happening. Part of it is spiritual.

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Ancient and traditional cultures seem to have pregnancy and childbirth practices that are more humane and enlightened than those followed in modern society.

They are attuned to the concept of conscious parenting.

In conscious parenting, a family becomes a reality from the moment of conception.

Parents are consciously aware that their thoughts, attitudes and behaviors influence their child’s development and health from the idea of conceiving a baby through its pre- and postnatal development.

A prime example is an east African tribe who foster true intimacy before birth. This tribe begins talking to the baby before conception, to create a relationship and to bond before birth.

They count the birth date of a child not from the day of birth or conception.

The birth date is fixed by the first time the mother thinks of the child in her mind.

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Our earliest teacher is the mother.
– Rousseau

The prenatal stage requires at least as much attention as postnatal development.

Humanity’s future depends upon the education of children. And this education must begin from the moment of conception in the baby’s first classroom.

The expectant mother is her child’s principal instructor even before the baby leaves the womb.

A child learns and recalls even what is heard while in the womb. The most important education for the child is impressions created in the womb (womb impressions).

According to ancient scriptures and scientific research, the fetus registers everything that the mother goes through — mental, emotional, physical, etc. It registers everything in the form of impressions that form the basis of life.

The fetus registers what makes the mother happy and what brings her unhappiness.

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