Acacia
Gave Birth!!!
ALLISON
Gave Birth!!!
Taylor
Gave Birth!!!
Ariel
Gave Birth!!!
L’KEISHA
Gave Birth!!!
GRACE
Not floating again until postpartum
Angela
Float Session #2
Date: May 17th
Weeks pregnant: approx 30
I felt so much more prepared for the float this week. I wasn’t feeling nervous about how to spend the time in the tank, more excited about having the time to just be and see what comes……however things didn’t quite work out as planned.
This past week there has been a lot going with work. At home my husband, (love him to bits), is on a mission to find us a new house, to suit a new baby, which has been stressful….I’m not sure if anyone else is experiencing the pre-baby partner need to move or renovate, paint, deconstruct, demolish and make better, but this is real right now for him. It’s also a conflict, as all I want to do is nest, snuggle, rest and be calm. Two very different mindsets. Then 3 loved ones babies are due right now and I’m so worried about things going wrong like they did our daughter Rose at birth. So yes, a lot going on and I guess it is no surprise that this affected my float.
I found it really hard to relax, to switch off, to stop the chatter…..to the point that I was getting upset with myself and my other self for interfering with my float! After the wonderful escape from the last float, this was quite a different experience. I did, however, master the art of side floating, and front floating with a noodle and the long flat float. Although I found a very comfortable way to do this, I was surprised at how it was easier to switch off on your back.
In the end, I managed to get a few minutes here and there of feeling truly disconnected and free, which was blissful, but no great insights this time. I think for my next float I may try and write down on a piece of paper all the things on my mind right before I get into the tank, then remind myself they are there and I can just let go….
Jamie
Float Session #2
Date: 5/23/19
Weeks pregnant: 21 + 5
This float experience was a bit different than the first because of the different room. The tub was much larger which allowed me to freely move around better without hitting the walls so much. It is interesting to feel the water moving around you and having the sensation of movement, but unable to fully identify which direction you are going if at all. I am definitely more pregnant this time around and am now feeling the baby move which is a new sensation. It was interesting thinking about how I was feeling weightless much like the baby probably currently feels inside my womb.
My mind was racing when I first arrived. Full of thoughts of doulas, labor classes, prenatal visits and daycare vs nanny care. It was a nice respite from a racing mind to just focusing on my heart rate and breathing. Unfortunately, I was unable to hear the baby’s heartbeat, but I sure felt my little one wiggling around from time to time. Laying prone was nice on my back and felt like a treat since I am a belly sleeper when not pregnant. I was able to fall asleep again for an unknown time during my float which I take as a sign of pure relaxation.
Sophia (Float Program Organizer)
Due in mid-June
Float Session #4
Date: 5/7/19
Weeks pregnant: 33
Entry:
Room 5
I don’t have a lot to report since I fell into a deep sleep for most of my float. When I woke up near the end, I transitioned from back-lying, which was much more comfortable than I anticipated, to a kind of side-lying place — baby started to wake up and more. I thought about what deep rest is – and why for mothers that is not time away, away from kids to go get errands done… Rest is deep, deeper than pausing, deep to the point of not knowing when the endpoint will be, letting go of time, of the worry attached to the time, giving in to timelessness. This space reminds me that space is still there within me, unstolen, essential at my deepest root, only good can come from this space.
Float Session #5
Date: 5/28/19
Weeks pregnant: 36
Entry:
Room 6
I spent the majority of this float trying to find a comfortable side-lying position, but all the props in the world couldn’t seem to do it for me. That, plus my congestion and overheating got me out about 20 minutes early.
That said, I did have access to a few glimpses of the deep, still place from which I will be drawing the energy to push this baby out into the world. Something about that language feels off the mark though — it’s so much more a matter of opening enough, dismantling enough to allow the life force to swell its way through me, to carry this baby out on a wave to the shore.
The question is — how does one access that infinite/still/source place no matter the conditions? Especially conditions that seem the opposite to what might cultivate that access? How to thread the needle through the chaos? How are the chaos and the stillness one and the same?
This float experience was a bit different than the first because of the different room. The tub was much larger which allowed me to freely move around better without hitting the walls so much. It is interesting to feel the water moving around you and having the sensation of movement, but unable to fully identify which direction you are going if at all. I am definitely more pregnant this time around and am now feeling the baby move which is a new sensation. It was interesting thinking about how I was feeling weightless much like the baby probably currently feels inside my womb.
My mind was racing when I first arrived. Full of thoughts of doulas, labor classes, prenatal visits and daycare vs nanny care. It was a nice respite from a racing mind to just focusing on my heart rate and breathing. Unfortunately, I was unable to hear the baby’s heartbeat, but I sure felt my little one wiggling around from time to time. Laying prone was nice on my back and felt like a treat since I am a belly sleeper when not pregnant. I was able to fall asleep again for an unknown time during my float which I take as a sign of pure relaxation.
