A Gentle Treatment for Emotional Trauma for Mothers and Babies

Further dig into the subject of birth trauma after I posted two articles on Overlooked Birth Trauma and Mental Imprint from Birth, in many occasions I have learned about a gentle treatment for mothers and babies to settle their emotional trauma from their birth experience through light touch. It is more respectful to babies. As babies are sensitive to touch, babies respond well to these treatments. This type of therapy is called Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. It is an effective method in balancing the flow of the “fluid” body by “feeling or listen to” the body’s emotional reaction through light touching certain part of the body.

I have recently interviewed Ms Adida Shahab, a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and an assistant tutor training people to become Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist. She has agreed to share her knowledge in how the thought patterns during pregnancy and birth can shape the mental health and physical health of the mothers and babies.

Details
Childbirth Issues

Mental Imprint From Birth

When I was preparing my previous article on Overlook Birth Trauma, immediately a thought emerged to invite an “Insider”- Ms Gladys Lee, a Certified Spiritual Rebirthing/Breathworker to uncover how human behave in relation to how we were born. Knowing that she has a hectic schedule but still I asked her to write an article in my blog and I was thrilled when she agreed to my invitation. Ms Gladys shares with us certain traits we can see in ourselves just how birth experience shapes our beliefs. Below is her article.

“Most of us started our life in a safe, warm and loving environment – our mother’s womb. For nine months, we were supplied with whatever we needed without us asking. Nothing was lacking, nothing was in excess. We were the happiest and safest beings on earth.

Then, one day, the walls around us started to close in, forcing us to worm through a tinny narrow canal. Our head was being squashed, our face squeezed and our shoulders compressed. Suddenly there was bright light, loud noises and extreme coldness.

Details
Childbirth Issues

Overlook Birth Trauma – How Were We Born

Recently I had encountered a spiritual talk on Spiritual Rebirther called Minood. A very interesting topic as it relates to birth. Though I did not sign up for the workshop. Later found out from a lady who attended the rebirth session. She shared her experience, remembered vividly her feelings during her journey into this world, her birth. She definitely made me realised what had I missed out. Not long after that, this lady invited me to attend a breathwork rebirth session. Immediately I signed up, not to miss this chance a gain.

Although I did not experience the Rebirth, I was amazed by how breath can connect to our brain and retrieve memory. The breathworker John Stamoulos lead me into searching just how birth trauma happens and how does it affect our life. He suggested that I ask my mother how was I born, same time, recommended a book called Birth Without Violence by Dr. Frederick Leboyer. This book gave me the inspiration to replay “the scene”.

Pretend You are the Baby – How does it feel “being inside”?

Let’s imagine that you are the baby resting in the comfort of your mother’s womb. Warm, surrounded by the buoyancy of the amniotic fluid, squashing against the wall of the uterus, relatively dark and quiet inside, at least not so loud.

So much as we think you, the unborn baby cannot feel, hear or see.

You feel everything through vibration, rhythm, light and even your mom’s emotion through the placenta.

Now you are physically ready to experience the transition into an unfamiliar world.

Details
Childbirth Issues, Featured

Top 6 Reasons Why you need Preconception Cleansing/Detoxification

Getting pregnant can be exciting, for some women it can be a distress. Often getting pregnant is just so natural that it did not occur to most people that preconception cleansing is essential. Neither nor they know that pregnancy is actually a process of detoxification. Here are 6 reasons why you need to know about preconception health and why our body needs preconception cleansing.

1. Pregnancy is a process of detoxification

Have you wonder why women must past first trimester to be confirmed that her pregnancy continues? When a woman found out she is pregnant, she may experience sign of morning sickness as early as 6th weeks in her pregnancy. Morning sickness such as vomiting and nausea are signs of natural physiological changes enabling the removal of toxin from the woman’s body commonly occur during the first trimester. Detoxification takes place more intensely during this period so that the womb can provide a safer place to nurture the little life.

The body is intelligent. It does what is necessary to protect both the expectant mum and the baby.Should the woman’s health is deem not fit to nurture this baby, pregnancy will be terminated, miscarriage occurs. If pregnancy happen to continue despite a poor nurturing environment, baby’s development may be compromised. Healthy couples give birth to healthy baby. Preeclampsia happens to women with underlying health condition. Wonder why some women experience swollen feet, excess protein in their urine and high blood pressure during pregnancy, others done?

2. Possibly to Prevent Birth Defects

Birth Defects are broadly defined as functional and metabolic disorders that although present but may not necessarily recognisable at birth. Birth defects cause physical and mental disability. Birth defects severely impact the quality of life of the children and their mobility some can be fatal. The causes of birth defects may be due to genetic when one or more genes do not work properly or a part of the genes is missing.

Details
Blog, Featured, Health

4 Steps to Building a Healthy Body to Prepare for Conception

To prepare for conception, you will definitely need to have a healthy body for your baby to get all the right nutrition and vitamins.

Here are 4 steps for you to follow to get your body to prepare for conception.

1. Overhaul the body

First and foremost, by going for a full detoxification program is ideal even for any healthy individual. It is like spring-cleaning your house. There are so much rubbish accumulated over the years that we need to remove in order for our body to activate it’s self-healing properties, or I should say remove the burden of the body and let our internal machines run smoothly.

So, what is detoxification? There are two types of detox. One is detoxify our liver, blood, kidney, skin and our gut/colon. Second type of detox is infact called colon cleansing. Which is just clear the encrustation (in our gut including the colon. To elaborate further, prolapsed colon is one of the causes of infertility. It caused blockage in the fallopian tube that prevent ovulation from happening. An effective detoxification program starts by removal of toxin follow by rejuvenation of our body by pumping up nutrients to the body due to nutritional deficiency.

Both types of detoxification or colon cleansing programs can be administered by yourself.

Details
Leave a commentHealth

Infertility-Nature’s Way of Protecting the Human Race

Childbirth is a natural process; it is normal and healthy to be pregnant. But today, many couples face the challenge of infertility. What are the causes of infertility in male and females?

Have you wonder why it’s easy for some women to get pregnant even if they are in their 40’s and other’s can’t conceive even if they are in their 20’s.

Dr Lynn Tan, a naturopathy doctor, a founder of New life International, explained that infertility is nature’s way of protecting the human race. That is because when the body is weak, it is not fit to produce the next generation. Should pregnancy occur the offspring might be weak and sick.

Therefore, infertility is considered abnormal and unhealthy even though the women or men do not fall sick easily does not necessarily mean they are healthy. Right? Building a healthy body ideally at least 6 months prior to conception should be the natural and conscious method to bear a healthy baby. After all, where does genes come from? Babycentre created a chart on Major Causes of Infertility for your reference.

Details
Childbirth Issues, Featured

Prenatal Bonding – Fun and Crazy Ideas You Can Do to Bond with Your Unborn Baby?

Prenatal bonding is an essential part of bonding with your unborn baby even before birth. It also helps to stimulate their brain development and promote growth. Bonding heightens future relationship with the family.

It prepares the baby to overcome anxiety, stress and illnesses into their childhood. Not to mention that the benefits of bonding are not limited to reducing social problem in the future. You are nurturing a better person.

Bonding prepares you to be the responsible and better parents. Parents-to-be if conscious must be aware of your own words, action, health and emotional well-being. Everything you eat, feel and act has a great impact on shaping his/her total well-being.

Education starts in the womb. But most importantly is how you the parents-to-be enjoy communicating with the little one. Imagine your little life in the womb react to the light when you put the torch light on the mom’s tummy. How wonderful is that feeling? Not only it benefits you emotionally and that feel good hormone can pass down to your unborn child and hence build this cheerful character inside you.

Details
Leave a commentFun and Crazy Corner