Eric Rice, a hypnotist and alternative healer says, "If
the child is not being actively addressed in the womb, he will have a
tendency to absorb the emotions and experiences of the mother and accept
those as his or her own." The result is that the fetuses of mother with
suicidal tendencies or tremendous stress have grown into children who
have the same suicidal tendencies or addictions as their mothers. Rice,
who conducts treatment, called Alternate Birthing: Healing the Womb Time,
explains, "many of us may have accepted the emotional neurosis of our mothers
and have allowed it to become our own. How many can say 'No wonder I turned
out just like Mom, despite my promise to myself that I would never be
like her.' "
Some parents want to communicate with their unborn child,
but don't know how. Robertson, an intuitive counselor, nurse midwife and
B.R.E.T.H. practitioner, teaches parents to Communicate with their child.
Both Robertson and Tom Verny Ph.D psychologist and author
of Nurturing Your Unborn Child, work with up-to-the-minute images
like cellular phones and modems. Imagine calling your unborn child on
the cell phone. Now imagine your body as that telephone. Robertson explains, "The telephone is a simple image we can all start with to imagine
communication. We are hard-wired with senses, the absorption centers for
information and experiences."
Verny says that children in utero are equipped with the
same sensual responses as adults, except they are more responsive and
absorbent, because of the space they're living in. As adults, many of
us have been numbed. Robertson says her work is to help couples step out
of their numbed state. "It is my experience that couples will start to
realize their own power and come to an understanding about their partner's
and child's sensual make up. The body and its senses expose the emotions," she says. "Sadness is materialized in tears, anxiety in stomach
aches, happiness in smiles. This understanding, can also help sort
out emotional confusions," she says.
She also uses guided meditation and simple visualization
techniques to help parents. She explains that all relationships are based
upon agreements and with those agreements comes trust. "A trusting environment
is a positive and nurturing environment, which can lead to honesty and
self-love. 'Many times in relationships, doubt festers because of a lack
of trust or broken agreements," she says.
For example, a couple in one of her classes wanted an
ultrasound of baby late in the pregnancy, but by communicating with him,
they learned that he felt the ultrasound was unnecessary. They chose to
compromise. The child consented to cooperate if the parents would do a
meditative exercise in the doctor's office. They got there and forgot
to do the exercise. Consequently, the child was too active for an accurate
reading on the ultrasound. When the parents realized their mistake and
did the exercise, the child calmed down and allowed the ultrasound.
Robertson adds, "With these tools, parents learn to communicate
with each other as well as the child, and can begin their family with
a confident and positive attitude."
