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Hi everybody. Welcome to the Almost 30 podcast. It's Lynn, another solo baby, not just any solo, but my last solo before I get burnt.

It's kind of surreal. I'm recording this a few weeks out and just feeling, feeling all the feels. I'm definitely aware that I am like walking into the birth portal.

I can't describe it as anything else because it feels like I'm literally being beckoned into this transformative experience before it even happens.

I'm almost like being in the energy of the birth before it even happens. I'm just like very present to it and super sensitive in all the ways you can be sensitive.

I feel like I'm crying at every little thing which kind of feels good to be honest and slowing down physically slowing down.

I am not feeling this sense of urgency to get every little thing done and created before the baby arrives, which I had been feeling for a while.

I'm very much at peace with what gets done will get done. I will try my absolute best, but I trust this whole process because this has not only been a process of creating a human being,

but this has been a process of having complete trust and reverence for the timing of my life and the timing of everything that arrives in my life and that I do in my life.

Yeah, I'm clearly reflective right now. And I wanted to do a solo on what pregnancy and preparing for birth has taught me about life. And I know not everyone out there is pregnant or wanting to eventually become pregnant.

I totally am aware of that. And so this episode is for everyone because I feel like I have gleaned some wisdom that I know y'all will appreciate hearing or being reminded of and even if just one thing lands, then perfect.

That is my goal. And I'll just give you a little bit of insight into my experience, though I will be doing more content around my pregnancy experience on my own personal Instagram and website and soon to be YouTube and all of that.

So look forward to that. I'm excited to share. But I did want to sit down and reflect before I give birth. So where shall we begin? All right, let's start here. So pregnancy is the ultimate creative process. What I realized it is what feels like a metamorphosis of the soon to be mother.

It is a period of shedding and deconditioning and completes rewiring and rejiggering of all that she knows not to sound dramatic, but it's kind of true.

And it's for a reason. It is for a reason to be able to step into this new season and to care for and bring in this new life. It is for a reason. If I were the same person before, during an after pregnancy, this just wouldn't work.

So if you feel like in your life now, you are moving through an intense period of transformation and change, there is a reason why and part of the reason why is so that what is coming in and coming through can be held by you.

And the change in transformation ensures that you can hold it. So just know that not only are you capable, but this intense period that you're going through is so purposeful.

Early on in pregnancy, I learned quite quickly that my ability to be present for what is created more patients within me, which allowed the process to happen as naturally as possible.

Okay, let's break that down. Early on in pregnancy, it's incredibly hard to be present. So many things change. You generally don't feel very well. I felt like shit.

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