cultivating self trust in pregnancy

The single most important thing you can for yourself as a mother is cultivate your trust in yourself. In your body, in your intuition, in the knowledge that you are the uniquely positioned to know and meet the needs of your baby.

This is a big claim, I know. Pregnancy - all of motherhood, really - is a time filled with life altering events and important decisions. Shouldn’t your priority be to exercise, or educate yourself on birth, milestones and child development, or focus on eating a nutritious diet to nurture your growing babe?

Yes, all of these things are incredibly valuable for your wellbeing, and that of your baby. But if you move through motherhood in a state of bring incredibly nourished, physically fit, knowledgeable about the physiology of your body, yet still feeling as though you can’t trust yourself or your decisions for your children’s wellbeing, there are ramifications that ripple throughout your entire experience as a mother.

A connection to yourself, a trust in your body and in your ability to choose the path that is best for yourself and your child - these things are essential.

Without them, you begin to make choices simply based on the choices someone else has made before you. And I like to think that by now, all know that what is right for someone else isn’t necessarily right for you. Without them, our mental health begins to suffer as we feel the lack of certainty in our choices, the instability of leaning on an outside source to determine our path.

So, it is imperative that we learn to tap into this knowing, and confidently make decisions that are right for us.

This trust is the foundation for every decision you make for yourself and your family, for the way you show your children how to navigate their experiences on earth - in confidence, security and alignment.

It affords a sense of calm and security through even the most difficult times, letting you know that even if your circumstances are not what you would like, that you have made the best decisions for yourself and your baby.

So how can we cultivate this trust in ourselves? Head to my post here and swipe to see a few simple practices you can implement anywhere, any time. x