The Pregnant Goddess

08/03/2022

“When pregnant, the cells of the baby migrate into the mothers bloodstream and then circle back into the baby, it’s called “fetal-maternal microchimerism”.⁠
For 41 weeks, the cells circulate and merge backwards and forwards, and after the baby is born, many of these cells stay in the mother’s body, leaving a permanent imprint in the mothers tissues, bones, brain, and skin, and often stay there for decades. Every single child a mother has afterwards will leave a similar imprint on her body, too.
Even if a pregnancy doesn't go to full term or if you have an abortion, these cells still migrate into your bloodstream.
Research has shown that if a mother's heart is injured, fetal cells will rush to the site of the injury and change into different types of cells that specialize in mending the heart.
The baby helps repair the mother, while the mother builds the baby.
How cool is that?
This is often why certain illnesses vanish while pregnant.
It’s incredible how mothers bodies protect the baby at all costs, and the baby protects & rebuilds the mother back - so that the baby can develop safely and survive.
Think about crazy cravings for a moment. What was the mother deficient in that the baby made them crave?
Studies have also shown cells from a fetus in a mothers brain 18 years after she gave birth. How amazing is that?”
If you’re a mom you know how you can intuitively feel your child even when they are not there….Well, now there is scientific proof that moms carry them for years and years even after they have given birth to them.
I find this to be so very beautiful.

06/28/2022

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06/12/2022

Unfortunately I haven't been posting because I was hospitalized and ended up miscarrying my baby. 😞 I will continue with the page but the content will be more about babies & raising child while keeping up with our spirituality. I will be changing the page name. I have a few ideas for what it will be but I would appreciate any recommendations you all have. I will also be adding some spiritual items for sale as well. Many blessings 💖

05/25/2022

What Is Meditation?
Think of meditation as some quiet time to breathe and connect, be aware of passing thoughts, and to clear the mind.

Some say it’s finding inner peace, learning to let go, and getting in touch with yourself through breath, and through mental focus.

For some of us, it can be as simple as deep, in-and-out breaths in the bathroom stall at work as you try to focus on you, your body, and the baby. Or, you can take a class or retreat to your own special place in the house with pillows, a mat, and total silence.

What Are the Benefits?
Some of the benefits of practicing meditation include:

better sleep
connecting to your changing body
anxiety/stress relief
peace of mind
less tension
positive labor preparation
lower risk of postpartum depression
Doctors and scientists have studied the benefits of meditation on pregnant women and they have shown that it can help moms-to-be throughout pregnancy and especially at birth.

Moms who have high levels of stress or anxiety during pregnancy are more likely to deliver their babies at preterm or low birth weights.

Birth outcomes like those are a pressing public health issue, especially in the United States. Here, the national rates of preterm birth and low birth weight are 13 and 8 percent, respectively. This is according to a report published in the journal Psychology & Health.

Prenatal stress can also impact fetal development. Studies have shown that it can even affect cognitive, emotional, and physical development in infancy and childhood. All the more reason to squeeze in some meditation time!

05/18/2022

🤰 Hello beautiful pregnant goddesses! As I move through week 8 of my pregnancy my concern for myself is that I am a lot older this time around and I want my body to be strong & healthy throughout my pregnancy, as well as being ready to give birth. I went for my first prenatal exam this week and asked my doctor if it would be okay for me to do some pregnancy yoga. After getting the green light from my doctor, tonight I began my first yoga session. I looked online for a beginners pregnancy yoga session to try out. I found one that I really enjoyed and thought I would share it with you all! I left a link to the YouTube video for you to follow along! I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did! I'm also going to look into pregnancy meditation to see if it's any different than the meditation I already do I find anything that I really love I'll share it with you guys as well. Namaste to you & your babies. 🤰

https://youtu.be/3VHnnpBJVsk

05/17/2022

05/12/2022

05/12/2022

🔮 Want a FREE 3 card pregnancy tarot card reading? Comment your pregnancy question & I will try to do everyone depending on how many requests I get. 🔮

I have been doing readings for 20 plus years and I do have another page I will tag where I do readings for all walks of life.
After becoming pregnant unexpectedly while on birth control at age 41 I have accepted this blessing I decided to start a separate page for my spiritual pregnancy to share with other pregnant goddesses on their own unique spiritual pregnancy journey! I hope you enjoy the information and experience with us! Love light and blessings 💖✨🙏

https://www.facebook.com/spiritualgreetingsandreadings/

05/12/2022

Welcome beautiful goddesses! I hope you are all doing well with your pregnancies. Feel free to comment & share your pregnancy stories with the rest of the goddesses here. We are just starting out but I'm hoping to have lots of followers soon so we can all support each other & share this beautiful time with like minded women on their own unique spiritual pregnancy journeys! Blessed be 💖

05/11/2022

🤰 How can I manage pregnancy mood swings?

Try to remind yourself that emotional upheaval is normal right now. That said, making a conscious effort to nurture yourself can help you stay on an even keel during turbulent times.

1. 💖 Take it easy. Resist the urge to tackle as many chores as you can before the baby comes. You may think you need to stencil bunnies on the nursery walls, reorganize all the closets, or put in serious overtime before going on maternity leave, but you don't. Put yourself at the top of your to-do list instead. After all, pampering yourself is an essential part of taking care of your baby.

2. 💖 Bond with your partner. Expressing how you're feeling while reassuring your partner of your love will go a long way toward nurturing your relationship. Make sure you're spending plenty of time together, and even go on a vacation if you can. Strengthen your connection now, so you can really be there for one another after the baby comes.

If you're single, do something to nurture your relationship with your friends and family, or look for a support group for single moms-to-be. This will provide vital support for you now as well as after your baby is born.

3. 💖 Do something that makes you feel good. This might mean carving out some special time for you and your partner. Or it might mean taking time alone to do something just for you: Take a nap, go for a walk, get a prenatal massage, or see a movie with a friend.
Talk it out. Air your worries about the future with understanding friends. Just putting your concerns into words often helps you get a handle on them or gives you insight into solutions. Keep the lines of communication open between you and your partner, and make it a two-way street: In addition to pouring out your feelings, listen to your partner, too.

4. 💖 Manage your stress. Rather than let the frustration in your life build up, find ways to decompress. Get plenty of sleep, eat well, exercise, and have some fun. Identify sources of stress in your life and change what you can, such as trimming your to-do list. If you still find that anxiety is creeping in, try taking a pregnancy yoga class, practicing meditation or other relaxation techniques, or consulting a professional counselor.

05/04/2022

🧘‍♀️ Poses to support the first trimester of pregnancy

During the first trimester, do yoga poses that release tension, improve flexibility, and build strength. Focusing on poses that help you feel more calm, centered, and grounded may be helpful as you move through the changes of pregnancy.

Here are a few asanas that are safe to do during the first trimester.

💖 Vrksasana (Tree Pose)
This classic balancing pose helps build awareness of and improve alignment, posture, and balance. It builds strength in your back, core, and legs.

Tips:

Do this pose near a wall, table, or chair for support.
Experiment with your balance by closing your eyes partway or slowly turning your gaze toward the ceiling.
Avoid pressing your foot into your knee.
How-to:

1. From standing, shift your weight onto your left foot and lift your right foot.
2. Place your right foot on the inside of your left ankle, lower leg, or thigh.
3. Raise your arms overhead or push your palms together at your heart center.
4. Gaze at a fixed point straight ahead.
5. Stay in this position for up to 1 minute.
6. Repeat on the opposite side.

💖 Malasana (Garland Pose or Squat)
Malasana strengthens and stretches your hips and pelvic floor muscles. It helps elongate your spine and improves digestion.

Tips:

Do not do this pose if you are prone to prolapse.
Place a block or cushion under your hips for support.
Place a folded blanket or mat under your heels for support.
Do this pose next to a wall or chair for balance.
How-to:

1. Stand with your feet a little wider than hip-width apart.
2. Turn your toes to the sides at a slight angle.
3. Raise your heels or place them on the floor.
4. Slowly lower your hips to come into a squat position.
5. Push your palms together at your heart center.
6. Push your elbows into your knees.
7. Remain in this pose for up to 1 minute.

💖 Lunge
Lunges help elongate your spine, stretch your hips, and lengthen your thigh muscles. They also help improve alignment, balance, and posture.

Tips:

To reduce the intensity, lower the knee of your back leg and place your hands on either side of your front foot.
Experiment with arm positions by interlacing your fingers behind your back or extending your arms out to the sides.
You can also press your palms together in prayer position in front of your chest or behind your back.
How-to:

1. Stand in a high lunge position with your right leg forward and your left leg back.
2. Keep your back heel lifted, your back leg straight, and your hips facing forward.
3. Extend your arms overhead with your palms facing inward.
4. Gaze straight ahead or up toward the ceiling.
5. Remain in this pose for up to 1 minute.
6. Repeat on the opposite side.

Supported Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend)
This forward bend improves digestion, promotes relaxation, and helps you turn your attention inward.

Tips:

Sit on the edge of a cushion or folded blanket.
For support, place cushions underneath your knees.
Stack blocks and cushions to support your chest and forehead.
How-to:

1. Sit with your legs extended in front of you.
2. Maintain a slight bend in your knees.
3. Extend your arms overhead and elongate your spine.
4 Slowly fold forward, placing your hands on your legs, your feet, or the floor.
5. Stay in this pose for up to 1 minute.

Supported Supta Baddha Konasana (Supported Reclined Bound Angle Pose)
This hip opener stretches your abdominals, pelvis, and inner thighs. It has a calming effect that helps alleviate tension and stress.

Tips:

For support, place blocks or cushions under your thighs or knees.
Use an eye mask to relax more deeply.
To reduce the intensity, move your feet farther away from your hips.
How-to:

1. From a seated position, bend your knees and press the soles of your feet together.
2. Make an incline support using blocks and cushions, if that’s more comfortable than lying flat.
3. Gently lie back, placing your arms in any comfortable position.
4. Stay in this pose for up to 5 minutes.

🧘‍♀️ Benefits of first trimester yoga
First trimester yoga offers several physical and mental benefits.

💖 Physically, yoga asanas build strength, improve flexibility, and release tension. They may help reduce headaches, alleviate morning sickness, and improve digestion.

💖 Yoga also has a positive effect on circulation, swelling, and inflammation.

💖 Through your prenatal yoga practice, you may gain a deeper awareness of your alignment and movement patterns as you improve your overall posture, balance, and stability. This may help you adapt to the physical changes of pregnancy and your shifting center of gravity.

💖 Yoga can help boost your energy levels while simultaneously teaching you to relax, which promotes a sense of calm and ease. It can also help improve sleep patterns and relieve anxiety and stress.

💖 Practicing prenatal yoga can also help you prepare for birth by strengthening your pelvic muscles and improving your mental outlook. According to research, prenatal yoga may be effective in reducing labor pain and improving birth outcomes.

💖 Other studies suggest that prenatal yoga may help alleviate fears related to childbirth and improve childbirth confidence.

🙅‍♂️Stop practicing yoga and call your obstetrician if you have:

nausea
lightheadedness or dizziness
headache
dehydration
overheating
unusual vaginal discharge, spotting, or bleeding
chest, abdominal, or pelvic pain
numbness
shortness of breath before exercise
muscle weakness

05/04/2022

Are you having a girl or boy? ♂️♀️
The s*x reveal is probably one of the most exciting parts of your pregnancy.

But is there any way to learn the answer without an ultrasound? How accurate are all of those stories about s*x prediction, anyway?

If you’re hoping for a girl, you’re probably taking a look at all the clues — both anecdotal and otherwise.

Here’s how to figure out if those anecdotes are myths or facts, and how to really determine whether you have a baby girl on the way.

1. Carrying high: myth
If you’re carrying high, congratulations — it’s a girl! Or so the saying goes, at least.

But there could be another reason for a high belly. If it’s your first pregnancy and your body is in good shape, your stomach muscles, body shape, and how much weight you gain during your pregnancy will all play a role in how you’re carrying.

The s*x of your baby has no impact on any of this. That means you can’t tell the s*x just by evaluating your belly. Multiple pregnancies can also have an impact on the elasticity of those same muscles.

Lesson learned? Don’t count on this myth to determine the s*x. This is true whether it’s your first pregnancy or your fourth.

2. Carrying around the middle: myth
There’s a similar tale about where you’re carrying that baby weight. If your pregnancy weight gain is around the middle, it’s because you’re having a baby girl. All in front? A bouncing baby boy is on the way.

But again, how and where you carry is related to your body type, weight gain, and other physical factors. It won’t help determine your baby’s s*x.

3. Faster fetal heart rate: myth
Listen closely the next time your doctor listens to the baby’s heartbeat. According to some, a rapid rate of more than 140 beats per minute means you’re having a girl.

The heart rate of a baby girl is usually faster than that of a baby boy. But this is only true after labor begins. Before that, it’s the age of a fetus that really affects heart rate speed.

Around week 5 of pregnancy, the fetus’s heart rate is roughly the same as the mother’s, between 80 to 85 beats per minute. It will quicken steadily until week 9, topping off between 170 and 200 beats per minute. It then starts to slow down to an average of somewhere between 120 and 160.

4. Craving sweets: myth
The saying goes that craving sweet things during your pregnancy is related to the baby girl you’re growing. If you’re dreaming of salty or sour snacks, you’re carrying a boy.

While there’s some suggestion that cravings during pregnancy can be related to deficiencies in specific minerals, there’s no connection between cravings and s*x.

5. Breakouts and oily skin: myth
Your skin is oily and you’re breaking out during pregnancy. Common wisdom explains that it’s because your baby girl is stealing your beauty.

In reality, you can blame your skin woes on hormones, not your baby possibly being a girl.

6. Excessive morning sickness: myth
Conventional wisdom says that excessive morning sickness at any point during your pregnancy means you’re having a girl.

The truth? Morning sickness is related to surging hormones and low blood sugar. Don’t start buying girl’s clothes just yet.

7. Wild mood swings: myth
If you’re having unpredictable mood swings, it could be because you’re having a girl.

But it’s probably because you’re on a hormonal roller coaster called pregnancy! There’s no science behind this myth. Mood swings are common for mothers-to-be carrying babies of either s*x.

The truth:
While you have a 50-50 chance of guessing your baby’s s*x correctly, you’re still guessing.

The truth is, medical intervention of some kind is necessary to accurately predict your baby’s s*x. You’ll have to wait until the big s*x reveal for one of life’s best surprises.

05/04/2022

I had my first Ultrasound today! I'm 6 weeks & 5 days pregnant. It was so beautiful seeing my little tadpoles heart beating! I can't wait to meet you my little blessing. 💖

How far along are you?

05/03/2022

First trimester symptoms
A lot happens for you in the first trimester. A couple of the most common early symptoms of pregnancy you may experience:

Morning sickness: Unfortunately it doesn't just strike in the morning — and it typically starts up by about week 6 of pregnancy. Ginger tea or drops might help, as can small but frequent meals. If it’s severe, you might want to consider talking to your doctor about medications to treat the symptoms of pregnancy-related nausea.

Tender breasts: So tender, so tingly and so big! You might be wondering where your old b***s went by about week 6.

Mood swings: You may (or may not) feel up, then down, then up again by week 7. If you have a history of depression or think it might be more serious, talk to your doctor about getting screened for prenatal depression.

Weight gain (or lack thereof): Your baby is still very small — which means all told you only need to gain about three to four pounds in your first trimester. If you’re suffering from appetite loss, you might even lose a couple of pounds. That’s OK, too — as long as your pregnancy weight gain picks up steam in the second and third trimesters. For now, just focus on eating frequent light meals of any high-density nutritious foods (e.g., avocados, yogurt, bananas, whole grain bread or crackers) when you can stomach it. Feeling extra ravenous? Try to keep a check on your caloric intake during pregnancy: You don’t actually need any extra calories during your first trimester (though your intake will go up in the second and third trimesters). If you do end up gaining more than is recommended now, focus on getting back on track over the duration of your pregnancy.

As your pregnancy progresses this trimester, you may experience plenty of other pregnancy symptoms — heartburn, constipation, metallic taste, food aversions and headaches. Hang in there: The second trimester will offer welcome relief!

04/30/2022

Pregnancy symptoms in week 1
nausea with or without vomiting.
breast changes including tenderness, swelling, or tingling feeling, or noticeable blue veins.
frequent urination.
headache.
raised basal body temperature.
bloating in the belly or gas.
mild pelvic cramping or discomfort without bleeding.
tiredness or fatigue.

04/26/2022

Top 50 spiritual baby boy names:

Liam
Noah
Oliver
Elijah
William
James
Benjamin
Lucas
Henry
Alexander
Mason
Michael
Ethan
Daniel
Jacob
Logan
Jackson
Levi
Sebastian
Mateo
Jack
Owen
Theodore
Aiden
Samuel
Joseph
John
David
Wyatt
Matthew
Luke
Asher
Carter
Julian
Grayson
Leo
Jayden
Gabriel
Isaac
Lincoln
Anthony
Hudson
Dylan
Ezra
Thomas
Charles
Christopher
Jaxon
Maverick
Josiah
Isaiah

04/26/2022

Virtue baby names
Virtue baby names describe a particular spiritual quality. These names were very popular in the 1600s among Puritans, who commonly named their children Deliverance and Repentance. For more mainstream yet unique and spiritual baby name options, check out this list of virtue girl names.

Grace
Nevaeh
Destiny
Faith
Trinity
Genesis
Serenity
Honor
Charity
Justice
Chastity
Amity
Baby names that mean ‘spiritual’
Are you looking for a literal translation of a spiritual name? Chinmayi is a baby girl name that means “spiritual joy” and “extreme happiness” in Sanskrit, an ancient language of India.

We also love these baby names with spiritual meanings:

Batya: Hebrew girl name meaning “daughter of God”
Celestiel: French girl name meaning “heavenly”
Celeste: French name meaning “heavenly”
Angelique: French girl name meaning “like an angel”
Angela: Spanish girl name meaning “angel”
Gwyneth: Welsh name meaning “blessed”