11/25/2023 0 Comments Arq parents guide![]() If you are not carrying a baby yourself, it is equally as important to take time to slow down to prepare for the arrival of your child. This is a time to get your ducks in a row for what’s to come physically and emotionally. If you are pregnant, please check with your doctor first before practicing! Make space for your child’s arrival.Ī yoga practice prepares your body for the physical and emotional work of being a parent, enhancing your wellbeing. “I found prenatal yoga to be very, very spiritual this time around,” shared Arq community member Sara Onufer. “I found myself emotional in most classes thinking about how life would be changing for me, members of my family, and each mama in the class. We did a beautiful send off for each mom before her due date and shared positive energy and well wishes.”Īleph-Bet Yoga includes poses in the shapes of Hebrew letters. On a spiritual level, it combines a Jewish intention, or kavana, with the physical effort of caring for your body, as each letter pose has a focus or meditation based on the meaning of each letter. While practicing dalet, a half-forward bend, contemplate your role as the doorway to new life.įor example, the letter dalet symbolizes a doorway. This is particularly relevant in Kabbalah, as Hebrew letters are considered vessels carrying divine light.Īs you get emotionally and physically ready for becoming a parent, you may want to consider genetic testing, a complex, there’s-no-right-answer issue. In the first chapter of our guide to becoming a parent, we address the common recommendation that two biological parents who are Jewish get genetic testing before conceiving. After conception, future parents face a similar decision about performing genetic testing on their baby. For instance, why might you want this information in the first place? How will you choose to move forward if your baby’s health is not as you hoped it would be?Īrq community member Yaffa Garber shared her story of genetic testing and how she and her husband chose to move forward with the unanticipated results: The questions and feelings that this decision may raise will draw on your spiritual strength and self-knowledge and require open communication with your partner or other people in your support community. I was 10 weeks pregnant when my midwife said, “Hey, I just noticed that in all of your prenatal testing, no one has checked for Fragile X. Do you mind if we run it?” I said, “Sure.” Two weeks later, at about 12 weeks pregnant, I got a phone call while I was at work telling me that I was a permutation carrier for Fragile X and there was a 50% chance I would pass it on to the baby.
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