The preconception stage is probably the most important stage in the life-cycle. It is during this stage that couples can set the intentions for future pregnancies. They can have honest conversations and really connect to the mystery of conception. Really having an understanding of the spiritual implications of a conscious conception is that first step in this period. Here are a few rituals for calling your unborn baby to you:
1. Meditation/prayer
2. Talking to your baby (as if s/he were already here)
3. Journaling (start a sacred journal book about the baby you wish to come)
4. Dreams
5. Create an altar for your conscious conception, healthy pregnancy (be sure to have a fertility goddess!)
6. Faith practices (blessingway, mass, marriage counseling)
7. Being in nature, taking time alone
8. Get connected to the moon’s cycle
9. Communicating with your partner about your intention to conceive together
10.Listening to your heart—make a wish!
11.Explore what other faiths believe about conception, pregnancy, birth, parenting and how they fit with your beliefs. Perhaps there’s a hidden insight there!
# 9 Really rang true for me because I find that as women, we feel the desire to conceive much stronger than men. A lot of men that I've talked to said that they didn't really feel ready to have children until much later in life and it was their Significant Others that really refocused their energies to parenthood. As women, I feel that it is our job to prepare the men emotionally for conception because a lot of them are caught up in feeling like they want to be more financially set or have a bigger house or make more money or own more stocks before they want to conceive. While I truly see where they are coming from in wanting to properly provide for their future offspring, finances should not be the only factor in planning a pregnancy. It takes more than money and a nice house to make a healthy home for a child. Love and willingness to create harmony is most important.
Conscious Conception--One thought at a time
