Our experiences from the womb are part of our unconscious.  We used to believe that these early experiences were meaningless, and certainly that there was no way to access them or remember them.  We now know differently and are just beginning to accept, although not mainstream, that the moments from conception to birth are lived, and stored in implicit memory in our cells, and in the very way we are formed.  During the first eight weeks of life, we are an embryo, a magical light filled part of ourselves which is unfolding our physical body based on input from our sacred blueprint, our DNA, and our environment. 

We can now find videos on YouTube which show foetuses responding to loud noises from the outside world by jumping, or pushing a needle away with their hand, and most likely absorbing a variety of emotional stressors which all shape and form who we are becoming.  

So I always ask clients what was going on in their family when their mother was pregnant, as well as what the mental and emotional state was of their mother, and the status of their parental relationship. For example, if your mother experienced a significant loss during pregnancy, research has now linked this to an increased risk for certain mental illnesses, like Schizophrenia. You can imagine that when some people experience a loss, they cut off parts of themselves, to not feel, and if pregnant they may disconnect from bonding with the unborn baby.  This is just one example, as Autism, ADHD, bipolar, and much more has been linked to the prenatal period.  It was Charles Barker who developed the Fetal origins hypothesis which linked physical illnesses and disease later in life with the prenatal period.  

This means that one of the keys to resourcing wholeness comes from returning to and restoring the emotions which might have been lost, experiences which may have been unknowingly suppressed.  What we don't know can hurt us.  

The birth process itself is a rite of passage, not only for the birther but also for the baby.  We are just beginning to realise that our medicalised birth processes and disempowering treatment of women can have traumatic effects.  For example, we have lost the connection to birth as a sacred process, and many women have been scared into believing that they cannot give birth naturally