COMMUNICATING WITH UNBORN BABIES By Ann Stewart

 

"Most people already communicate with their baby," says Teresa Robertson, C.N.M., MS "My class gives them tools and validation for continuing that relationship."

Robertson offers a class called "Communicating With Your Unborn Child."  In six sessions, she shares methods for communicating with your body and your baby, connecting you with your body's and baby's needs, and removing fears regarding your pregnancy and childbirth.  She hopes to help pregnant women and their partners consciously create the birth of their dreams.

I recently sat in on one of her classes.

"We always start with connecting with the babies and with the mom's body," said Robertson.

Melanie was guilt-tripping herself about eating doughnuts, a food not usually in her diet. Robertson had her check in with her body in a quick meditation. "I ask them to connect to the soul and release worries, thoughts, fears," explained Robertson. "We visualize magnets to pull out anxieties or negative influences. Then I tell them to put it into a bubble and destroy it. It goes away neutrally and in present time."

On the night I visited, the class members were addressing relationships, both with their partners and with their caregivers. Robertson asked the participants to see their partner in a bubble and notice what colors were there. Then she told them to see what outside influences, particularly other people, were in the bubble and which influences don't belong there. "Take those people out of your relationship bubble and put them in their own bubble; then destroy it," she instructed.

A simple exercise, but with powerful results. I did the meditation with the class. I saw my husband's boss in my bubble. She definitely did not belong there. Since then, he's pulled back from her control. This week he told me he is no longer the "golden boy." Coincidental or not, things changed.

Robertson is a Certified Nurse Midwife, a Certified B.R.E.T.H. Practitioner and a clairvoyant healer. The work she is doing now integrates all those parts of herself. She strives to empower her clients to discover and to own their inner truth and understanding.

"The benefit to my class," says Robertson, "is that parents can establish communication with their baby now, so when the baby is born, they have full communication."

Babies are born with all their senses working. They can hear, feel, see, taste and smell. Babies are very impressionable. Robertson also teaches her student's how to properly welcome their baby when it's born. "I tell them to touch their baby, to help it orient itself, " she says. "Mothers need to make eye contact with their baby and allow it to smell them and find the nipple. It helps them adjust."

She also encourages new parents to welcome their baby with words, such as, "We're really glad you're here," or "You did a great job."

Connecting with a newborn physically, spiritually and emotionally ' creates a cascade between mother and baby. Hormones rush. Hearts open.

Robertson teaches how to own and protect your pregnancy and birth space from outside negativity. Using grounding techniques and bubble imagery, mothers can claim the space they need in the birth room. By delineating the boundaries and clearing out fears and negativity, it's possible to have the birth you want.

From the Parenting section of the Boulder Planet, March 26 - April 1, 1997

Ann Stewart is a Boulder-based parent, certified birth assistant and freelance writer.