2011 - Talk Birth

Barbara (2011-01-05 20:31:57)
It turned out so well, and is really wonderful in real life!
amybirthingbody (2011-01-06 17:40:24)
I *LOVE* this!! I’m reposting it on my Facebook
page for The Mandala Journey :) http://www.facebook.com/mandalajourney #!/mandalajourney Blessings
for your upcoming birth! Amy
Adventures in Birth Art… « Talk Birth (2011-01-12 21:26:17)
[...] drawn a number of black and white mandalas (see example to right!), made a specially decorated birth altar, and
also made a belly cast. Each one of these projects has been meaningful to me in a special way. [...]
Finishing Up! (2011-01-05 20:53)
I have had a crabby and annoying day for much of the day, which is not the frame of mind I envisioned
being in when writing this post! I originally set out to write about what a nice time I’ve been having the
last couple of days, sooooo....going to just write and perhaps I’ll recapture some of the peace and sense of
harmony that was prompting me to write in the first place!
On Sunday, I had a very delightful time spontaneously working on the [1]birth altar I planned to make.
When I say spontaneous, it doesn’t mean that I didn’t know I was going to do it—I knew I was, someday—
just that I suddenly started working on it and basically didn’t quit until I was finished and it came together
in a perfect way for me. [2] I felt so good and content after
making it. Inspired by that experience, I then wrote down a list of my fears about the birth (this was also
on my to-do-before-actual-birthing-day list) and then did a [3]Hypnobabies ”fear release” session after that.
And, then I burned them all up in the kitchen sink. More good feelings!
Also on Sunday, while the kids were at my parents’ house, I worked in the bedroom getting all of the
baby’s clothes sorted and into the right boxes as well as assembling my special tub of birth supplies so
that everything is easily available in one place and no one has to ask me for anything—I even put a box of
raspberry leaf tea in, which could also easily just stay in the cupboard where it usually lives, but it is right
there with everything else now. While I was doing this, Mark worked on sorting out his own clothes and
decluttering the closet. We also decluttered some of the ”hot spots” on our kitchen counters that attract
random piles of nothing important. So, more good feelings about that!
The next morning, I woke up before the kids and did the Hypnobabies ”visualize your perfect birth” exercise
(not a CD, my imagination). It suggested spending about 5 minutes and I spent almost 20 minutes—since
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