What happens when science meets love, and, for the first time, the two are in perfect agreement? The result is The Greatest Pregnancy Ever. Written in a style that is full of warmth as well as straight-talk, this book introduces mothers to revolutionary scientific discoveries about the transformative power of their maternal love. Readers will be amazed to learn how a mother’s love literally grows their child’s brain and regulates his or her heart rhythms; in the womb, through labor, and even after birth. Readers are steered gently and capably through the potential reefs of anxiety, headaches, backaches, nausea, and other pregnancy-related discomforts, into a safe and pleasurable harbor of knowledge, which includes specific techniques and suggestions for developing a healthy pregnancy. Only a pair of experienced and loving mothers, who also happen to be childbirth professionals, can speak with the voice of wisdom mixed with genuine affection for parents and their babies. Wilson and Peters tell the story of the mother-baby connection with an insider’s point-of-view. These authors talk the talk because they have walked the walk as mothers, researchers, educators, and birthing professionals. There is not a patronizing word to be found in these pages.
~Robin Grille, Psychologist, parent educator, author of Parenting for a Peaceful World and Heart to Heart Parenting.
Sample from Chapter One of the book:
What is Be-ing?
“Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were here an hour I would die for you. This is the miracle of life.”
- Maureen Hawkins
Every mother wants to have the greatest pregnancy ever, and every mother and baby deserve to have this. However, there is more to achieving the greatest pregnancy ever than just understanding the physical development of your baby, the reasons for certain medical procedures and tests, and the changes in your body. This chapter will introduce you to crucial information that will help you make the most of your pregnancy. This information is based on groundbreaking new science, which has previously not been available in most pregnancy books. This book shares little-known facts that can change the entire experience of pregnancy and parenting for families.
• Reducing stress in pregnancy can positively affect your baby’s development, emotional and mental health, disposition and personality, as well as her overall health.
• Being conscious and aware of your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs can be beneficial to the health of your baby and your pregnancy (it can even improve your fertility).
• At no other time in the life of your child do you have more power to influence who your child will be, both emotionally and physically, than during pregnancy and the first years of her life.
This book won’t tell you what to expect with your pregnancy. You have the opportunity to manifest your own greatest pregnancy ever with every thought you think, feeling you feel, and action you take. All of the relationships you have during your pregnancy are important. However, the most important relationship you will ever have as a parent is the relationship with yourself. This is the foundation for having a happy child, a happy family, and a happy life. You are important. You are literally the world in which your baby will be formed. This is an enormous responsibility, but also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This book offers you a gift — the gift of becoming conscious and aware in every moment. You have the power to choose how you think, how you react, and more importantly how you FEEL. You can empower yourself to have the greatest pregnancy ever through a conscious pregnancy.
Becoming a parent is a momentous experience that will impact you, your baby, and countless future generations. Every pregnancy transforms the human race. Every individual who is born will change the world in some capacity. The decision to have a baby is a decision to make with an open heart and mind. Will you make the most important leap of your life? Will you make the decision to be responsible for ALL of your choices—your health, your mental attitude, your relationships, your pregnancy? Are you willing? If so, you can experience the greatest pregnancy ever.
When you understand the magnitude of this task, there is no other option but to wake up and become more aware. The information presented in this book is not meant to induce guilt, but instead to empower you to make changes that are right for you and your baby from this moment forward. You are not just a vessel carrying this baby. You are your child’s world.
Learning how to move into a state of be-ing, or consciousness, will have a profound effect on your life and your family. Be-ing is the very foundation for the most important relationship of all, the relationship between you and your source. Your source is how you define your reason for being here, as well as how you define your relationship with every single thing in your world. This is different for every individual, whether you believe in God, a higher power, or simply that you have a unique purpose for being here in this life.
Pregnancy is a time of deep reflection, a time to look at who you have been, who you are, and who you want to be. You will experience a shift; your life will change as you know it. This journey will transform you.
“Making the decision to have a child—it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
- Elizabeth Stone
More than likely, you are either considering having a baby or you have already become pregnant. If you are thinking about conceiving a child or trying to conceive, now is the time to do the personal work that will enable you to have the greatest pregnancy ever. You have a unique opportunity here and now to become the parent you want to be before your baby is created. Even if you are already pregnant and just finding this book now, you too have an incredible capacity to transform your life and the life of your baby. Regardless of when you learn this information, it can be applied to make you and your child’s life better.
The Greatest Pregnancy Ever: Keys to the MotherBaby Bond. Copyright © 2011 Laurel Wilson and Tracy Wilson Peters. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Conscious Agreement and the MotherBaby Bond are the intellectual property of and concepts original to Wilson and Peters. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. For information contact Lotus Life Press, 2925 East Maplewood Street, Centennial, CO 80121.
