Belgian poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck once wrote a fairy tale named the Blue Bird. In this work, the author describes how the soul of a baby, waits in the hall of the Blue Palace (Paradise) to be born, and comes down when called by the mother.
Although this is a fairy tale, it brings out a very interesting question: does the fetus have a soul before he/she is born?
It all depends on individual belief. To me, I think my baby already has a soul, although I don’t know when the soul enters her body.
I felt connected to her every time I talked to her. And it seemed she understood exactly what I meant.
For example, every time she was quiet and remained still for a long time, I began to wonder and worry. I either asked her telepathically and direclty:“Hi, baby, are you ok? Are you there?” She always returned me a response, either a gental kick or a small movement, no matter during the mid-night, in the early morning, or in the daytime.
Sometime when I rubbed my tummy and talked to her, she reacted to me by kicking or moving the area where I rubbed.
In my 7th month of pregancy, I found out my blood pressure was a little high and I was afraid to have PIH, which, if getting severe, might cause danger to both mommy and baby (see PIH? Oh, no!!). I talked to my baby and asked her to work with me and do our best to keep her in until full-term.
During my second glucose test (see Survived the GTT), I also asked her to understand and support me and cooperate with me to stay until the end of the test.
Most of the time she was very supportive and cooperative. Sometimes I could feel her trying to please me and work with me.
But when she had needs, she didn’t hesistate to express. When she was hungry, she was eager to let me know. If I ingored her message, she would kick, knock or wiggle persistently until I took actions. Once she got really frustrated, she kicked my tummy so hard that I jumped off my chair. Another time at the middle of the night, her kicks were so strong that I felt my whole body was shivering.
My belief is also confirmed by M’s personal experience. Years ago when his best friend’s wife was expecting their first baby, M went to visit this couple. At night he dreamed about meeting the baby’s soul. The baby was a girl. She told him she would be born at the early evening of the same date when M was born, his birthday.
When M told his friends about his dream, they laughed at him. At that time they didn’t even know the gender of their baby yet. Two weeks later, M received a phone call from his friend, telling him a baby girl was born at 5 pm, and that day was M’s birthday.
So far I didn’t dream about meeting my baby’s soul. But I do remember praying to God to give me a kind-soul baby at that special moment. Maybe the soul of this baby, waiting in the hall of the Blue Palace (Paradise), came down when called by me and fulfilled my wish to become a mother.
Related posts:
Fetal/prenatal education series: what is fetal/prenatal education?
Fetal/prenatal education in 4th month
Singing to baby
Fetal/prenatal education in 5th month
Maternal emotions & fetal movements
Continuing fetal/prenatal education
Connecting to my baby
Pre- and perinatal education
Fetal Education, From Lina, Pregnancy | Lina | 
May 25, 2008 10:50 am | 
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