Posts Tagged ‘stories’
Written by Stacia on 20 January 2010
My mother went through seven miscarriages to have me. Knowing this, I spent two years preparing myself mentally and my body to even attempt to carry a baby once I’d felt ready to care for one. I read everything I could about healthy eating, learned about working out in the gym, and made slow but steady changes in the household fitness and nutrition processes.
Some women out there are blessed. They get and stay pregnant at the drop of a hat. Others are more challenged and try for years; some with success, some without.
After two years of trying I’d given up. I wasn’t interested in in vitro. It’s a great option for many, but I didn’t want to chance the multiples or the disappointment. I figured, eventually, if I really felt the need to be mom, there was adoption. There are so many children out there in need of a good and loving family.
And, then, found out a week or so later, I was pregnant.
Excitement, yet a certain calmness settled over me. I started reading everything I could. A few books that shall remain nameless scared the hell out of me. I kept up my workouts, slept when I needed to and started playing a nightly meditation CD that I used through out my pregnancy.
Years and years before, I’d seen a show on the Discovery channel that showcased Hypnobirthing® and I thought, if I was ever going to have a baby, that was the way I was going to do it, calmly and without pain. Our society is so focused on pain and timing; we forget that women have been birthing babies forever and then going right back to what they were doing. Read the rest of this entry »
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Written by Stacia on 24 April 2009
Post written by Stacia D. Kelly. Follow me on Twitter. This is an adaptation of a post on Mind-Body-Spirit Works.
I have been listening to a lot of audio books lately, and on a variety of topics. Let’s face it, my listening can range from “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, which everyone should listen to since the author is the one reading and does a GREAT job, to Robert Allen’s “From Idea to Best Seller”. Honestly, the spectrum is a wide one.
But, the topic that struck home for me this week, while commuting was just a side bar in Robert Allen’s presentation. He highlighted Emile Coué. Now, seeing as how I’m a hypnotherapist (among my various titles) I should know this name, and honestly, I probably do and just filed it somewhere in my brain to be triggered later.
Anyway, what struck me the most from the start of my research was this:
Coué maintained that curing some of our troubles requires a change in our unconscious thought, which can only be achieved by using our imagination. Although stressing that he was not primarily a healer but one who taught others to heal themselves, Coué claimed to have effected organic changes through autosuggestion. (My mantra and practice as well.)
This is the perfect explanation of how I have helped myself heal in the past and exactly how I continue to do it each time I start feeling ill or making myself ill. And yes, my mother will freely agree, I used to MAKE myself sick and when I was done with it…I made myself better. I’ve even read documented cases of people using autosuggestion and imagination to heal cancer! He had a 93% success rate!
I applied this to getting pregnant as well. I worked at getting fit and healthy. I started eating better. I started working out. I started listening to meditations and hypnosis sessions to help myself destress and allow my body to prepare for being a mom.
Once I was pregnant (and let me point out…it took us two years to conceive), I used hypnosis birthing techniques to help myself to stay calm and focused. I focused on relaxation, which I also used during birth. Later during pregnancy, I added in affirmations. I think they truly helped.
Some great resources:
If you’d like some more information, keep checking back! I’ll be going through some of the methods in more detail.
Namaste
Stacia
Tags: childbirth, hypnosis, pregnancy, stories
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Written by Stacia Kelly on 15 March 2009
If you’re a mom with a story to tell about getting pregnant, pregnancy, or childbirth, we’re looking for you! We want your story, so please share. Anything from ‘I used acupuncture and finally got pregnant’ to the ‘things I wished I’d known’, or anything in between. (However, we’re not looking for horror stories unless you had an interesting solution show up to help you and could potentially help others.)
If your story is used in our upcoming book, we’ll send you a free copy with your story included!
How to have your story included? It’s easy, just send us a quick email to info@acsstransitions.com with the subject line “My Mom Story” – we’re working on getting the online form up and running, but wanted to make sure you could start sending in your stories right away.
We can’t wait to hear from you.
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