Unconditional Love and Acceptance of Unborn Baby

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Unconditional love is a term that means to love someone regardless of a person’s actions or beliefs according to Wikipedia. It is often used to describe love between family members. Giving unconditional love to your unborn baby means that you love him or her totally as a human being.

In my experience, unconditional love and acceptance from parents and siblings have a marvelous impact on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual growth of unborn baby in the womb.  It helps the fetus to strive and growth and feels safe.

Unconditional love

In the 6th week of my third pregnancy, doctor told me that I needed to have injection to stabilize my medical condition and she had not yet found the heartbeat of baby.  I started to feel a bit anxious.

Despite of my worry, my eldest comforted me. He assured me the baby was healthy.  He could feel the strong heartbeat of baby by putting his hand on my womb. He said to me, “Don’t worry. The baby is all right.  I could hear his heartbeats.  It is faster than yours.”  He also prayed to God to give us a healthy baby.

He loved the unborn baby and started to sing songs, read story, and play piano for him.  He treated the unborn baby as a human being with respect and love. I sensed the bond with my eldest son and unborn baby was strong. My unborn baby received the unconditional love from his sibling during my pregnancy.

Unconditional acceptance

Unconditional acceptance is the total acceptance of a person without judging. The mother will totally accept the unborn baby as who he or she is without judging their health, physical, emotional and spiritual state.

I was eager to ask the baby about whether it was a boy or girl because I was feared of disappointment and upset.  My eldest son told me that it was a girl because he loved a baby girl.  However, my second son told me that it was a baby boy.  I was a bit curious to find out about it. 

I had an internal dialogue with my baby at the earliest stage of my pregnancy.  I asked my baby whether it was a boy or girl.  I asked my baby to make movement to say “yes” to my question.  I asked,”If you are a boy, please make some movement to show me.”  I tried three times.  It made some sound or movement in my womb. I asked,” If you are a girl, please make some movement to show me.”  Then, it was quiet for a long-time.  I knew the answer from my baby.

I assurred my baby,” I’ll accept you as who you are.  I shall give you my unconditional acceptance to you.”  After the dialogue, my baby and I felt relieved. Unconditional love and acceptance of unborn baby will help them to feel loved and achieve optimal development.

In conclusion, unconditional love and acceptance to unborn baby will help mother and baby to connect each other at the earliest stage.  They also help the unborn baby to feel cherished and attain optimal physical, mental, emotional and social development.