24/09/2025
🌱Beautiful Facts About Your Uterus During Pregnancy 🤰
• Your uterus is a sacred space – a warm, protective home 🏡 where your baby grows and thrives.
• It is made of the strongest muscle in your body – designed to hold, nurture, and birth new life.
• Your uterus grows with love – from the size of a pear 🍐 to the size of a watermelon 🍉, stretching gracefully to cradle your baby.
• It practices for the big day – gentle practice contractions (Braxton Hicks) help prepare your body for labour.
• It holds a river of life – in late pregnancy, nearly one-fifth of your blood flows through your uterus to nourish your baby.
• It remembers how to return – after birth, it beautifully contracts back down, making space for rest and renewal.
• It listens and responds – your uterus feels your baby’s movements and adjusts to support them.
🫶🏼Beautiful Facts About Your Uterus in Labour
• Your uterus leads the dance of birth 🩰 – it contracts in waves, gently and powerfully, to bring your baby closer to your arms.
• Each surge has a purpose – every contraction opens, softens, and guides your baby earthside.
• It works in harmony 🎶with your breath – as you breathe deeply, your uterus flows with more ease and rhythm.
• It is wise and patient – your uterus knows exactly when to contract strongly and when to rest.
• It has a built-in rhythm – like the ocean 🌊, waves rise and fall, giving you moments of power and moments of pause.
• It moves as one – millions of muscle fibers coordinate together, all focused on helping your baby be born.
• It works with your baby 👶🏻 – your uterus and your baby are in constant communication, moving together as a team.
• It softens and opens like a flower 🌺– unfolding in perfect timing, preparing the way.
• It remembers – your uterus carries ancient wisdom, shared by all birthing women through generations. 👩🍼
• It never leaves you unsupported – even in intensity, your uterus is your ally, your strength, your guide.