Beluga whale births her calf at the Vancouver Aquarium

For thousands of years, ancient and traditional medicines around the world have utilized imagery and visualization as powerful tools in the healing of illness, extension of life, and revitalization of the human body. These same tools have also been effective in the aiding and empowerment of pregnant women as they approach the births of their children.

While over the course of their pregnancies, women and pregnant people are often excited to watch their bellies grow, feelings of bewilderment commonly accompany this excitement as they wonder how labor will unfold. It is likely that they also experience worry or fear, trying to imagine how a baby will emerge from their bodies on the day birth. Imagery and visualization are greatly effective not only in reducing these worries or fears, but in transforming them such that those who are pregnant are capable of shifting their perceptions of the pain that they will feel during labor.

Ultimately, imagery and visualization can help women and pregnant people to envision the natural process of their babies’ births in a more relaxed manner.  In turn, they are able to relax their bodies during birth.

The primary point of this website is to provide those who are pregnant with actual images, videos and stories that they can use as practical tools to help them in envisioning the birth of their own children.  Birth art, images and stories are available on youtube and elsewhere across the web.  Unfortunately, some of these materials are not always beneficial during pregnancy. Just as one image of birth might prove a source of relaxation and empowerment to those who are pregnant, another one might detract from the birth experience or attempt to provoke fear.  The images found on this website have been carefully selected as tools to help in calming women and pregnant people as they approach the births of their babies.