This 9th month of your pregnancy is sacred. If this is your first pregnancy, then this is probably the only time in your life you’ll be able to take time out of your busy day and dedicate it entirely to YOU. It’s not only the perfect time to be honouring YOU and your magnificent body, but it’s the best time to be preparing for this magnificent, life changing event of giving birth.
For many women this 9th month may also be the most intense, as you may be trying to put in as many hours as you can at work before Baby arrives. Or perhaps you’re trying to finish a degree you’ve been studying hard, burning the candle at both ends, to achieve. I admire your hard work and tenacity, but please, if there’s any advice you need to heed at this time, it’s this… take time-out for YOU during this sacred 9th month of your pregnancy.
If you want to achieve a beautiful birth and be mentally, physically and spiritually equipped to handle life post-par tum, as a Mom, you need to savour every moment you have to yourself, now, in this sacred month.
- Indulge yourself with good wholesome nutritious food – no fast-food junk that your body will have a hard time digesting.
- Hydrate with purified water – too many pregnant women are walking around dehydrated, which may lead to birth complications.
- Pack in some extra nutrients with freshly squeezed juice or sip some herbal tea. Herbal teas have wonderful nourishing properties and are naturally caffeine free, so they are better for you and for Baby.
- Soak in an Epsom salt bath at least once a week – it’s a wonderful detoxifier, and makes you sleep like a baby.
- Get into a daily routine, before your shower, of dry brushing your body with a natural fibre brush. It stimulates the circulation and is wonderful for boosting the immune system.
- And, spend as much time as you can in nature, stimulating your senses with the miracle of creation all around you.
Just taking the time every day to perform these self-care practices will allow you time for YOU. In this way you’ll be blessing your body and inadvertently tapping into your feminine wisdom which will significantly enhance your birthing experience and give you the added advantage of lessening the postpartum blues, so many new Moms experience.
If you bless your body, your body will bless you!
~ Gloria Steinem