So, with all this water around, it came as no surprise that I suddenly had the urge to go swimming again. Thanks to the NCT yahoo group, I found a local health club that runs a pre and post-natal aqua-aerobics session, run by a lovely but slightly mad midwife called Jo. I'm loving it - and I can still remember how to swim, just!
The Bump is now huge! Well, to me it is. One look at some of the other ladies at the aqua-natal makes me feel like quite the newbie, still. It feels wonderful to watch my body grow and adapt to this new life blossoming inside me. I can feel 'the wriggler' and see movement when he or she kicks and somersaults around. This little being is already creating magic in my life. All the modern day material needs have begun to be met in preparation, through the kindness of family and friends. Abundance truly is our birthright and this little one seems to be actively co-creating with me already! I am so grateful for all that we have been given and promised thus far. I'm looking forward to a baby shopping trip with my mother-, father- and sister-in-law in a couple of days. I'm not lacking for information and helpful advice, either, from library books and new 'mummy friends'. I'm growing roots: a network of wonderful, supportive people.
I have a lot to give, too and am still running my Reiki Clinic, now with a student volunteer; a certain printing company is helping me with very cheap advertising; I'm looking into running a Reiki for Parents course and have found a local practitioner who already does just that and has offered some very helpful advice.
So much to think about, prepare for and to grow into... I'm choosing to follow my intuition, take it easy and take a lesson from the element of Water: it's all about flow and gentle power. Learning to live is like learning to swim - get the breathing right to stay afloat, keeping your head above water, getting your various parts to work in harmony to propel you forward...and to learn to relax and have fun whilst doing it! Thanks, Water!
