Why not start with the story of the birth of Christ, seeing as that’s what Christmas is all about? It’s a great story and helps us to realize that material possessions don’t matter.  Birth can happen in the simplest of settings, wherever it is intended. It is a time to honour the divine in each of us and to realize that birth is a very spiritual event. To read some of the biblical stories around the birth of Christ, go to:
http://christianity.about.com/od/biblestorysummaries/p/christmasstory.htm

For some great reading, see the birth stories located on the Soulbirth website.  Visit: http://www.soulbirth.com/birth_stories.26.html

When communicating with the unborn child, it is essential to say things in the positive. The whole birth experience should be spoken about and prepared for in the positive, as it sets up continual affirmations of what will happen. This is then far more likely to eventuate. I know it’s difficult for pregnant women because there are so many other women wanting to share their negative birth experiences with them. These women need to debrief their own birth and this is why they ‘dump’ on other women. The trick is to not take it on. So if you know this, you can keep feeding yourself and the baby on positives. Hopefully then, over time you will begin communicating in this way out of habit. Use positive affirmations every day as often as you can.

Your baby is unique to you and the relationship you build with your baby will be different to that with anyone else. To bond with your baby before birth, you can try one or all of the following methods. Develop some other methods of your own.

Methods of bonding can include:

• Touch – massaging, stroking, Reiki
• Sound – talking, singing, music (Mozart is wonderful)
• Emotional – Love, joy, happiness
• Spiritual – Meditation, visualization, ritual & ceremony

Take it to a new level…the spiritual dimension – by communicating with the incarnating soul.

Establish a deeper level of communication – through relaxation, visualization, meditation, guided imagery, journal writing, dream work, music, partner dialogue, affirmations, tactile stimulation, verbal stimulation, free drawing, mandala drawing, clay work, rhythmic breathing and any other creative way you can think of.

Trusting your intuition and the information you are receiving is all part of effective communication with your baby, whether physically here already or not. We can be so quick to negate our own thoughts and feelings, which can undermine our efforts and cause us to give up on trying to communicate in this way. It takes persistence, practice and a lot of trust initially. The rewards however, are great.

To read the full article on ‘Communicating with Your Unborn Child’, just follow this link:
http://www.soulbirth.com/communicating_with_your_unborn_child.14.html