Thankyou Kazz and Cinammon xxx
well as it happens cinammon i have had rather alot of practice this last 12 months with little ones

One of my soul sisters had her 4th baby at the back end of last year - it was a bit sketchy at first holding a tiny newborn again but only for a few moments... i realised that babies are a bit like bikes... once u have done it once.. it all kinda comes flooding back
Then another close female friend was pregnant through the 9 months leading up to me gettin pregnant.. she was havin her little boy as we were makin our bean

That was an amazing pregnancy to be part of. I went to the 20 week scan with her and her partner who is one of my best friends and it was beautiful - i cried and they laughed at me but it was a beautiful moment i shall never forget and feel so very priveledged to have been part of.
Even more beautiful though was how in synch i became with my friend.. I am an Okuden level Usui reiki practicioner so am very sensitive to other people's pain and being in close geographical proximity meant that I felt every single bloomin strong braxton hick that turned into labour.. and i went through it with her. It was wonderful if not bloomin painful

Unfortunatley she was only allowed one person at a time in with her to labour in hospital, so her mum and partner were with her in shifts and i came home again.. and i sent lots of reiki and happened to be at work as she entered second stage - had to grab hold of the lottery machine and just breathe... I think I will have to make a seperate post about it all on here cos it was an amazing experience - doing reiki on her through contractions before we went to hospital - using the reiki to bring the contractions on strong and regular - it was amazing - the most educational experience of my entire life...
I am so looking forward to learning more about reiki through my pregnancy - I have already had some lovely intimate moments with my tiny little bean - the universe never ceases to amaze me
As a second time mum to a first time mum... the biggest peice of advice i could ever give is to trust your instincts and your intuition because nobody knows your body or your baby before or after it is born better than you xxx