Reiki helps the mothers and their babies, throughout pregnancy and during birth, with universal love and healing. It is the best way of healing, as all you have to do is to put your hands on yourself and pass on all your love to your unborn baby. 

Reiki provides a unique opportunity, for the father-to-be as he can bond with his baby in the mother's womb. It also helps in building a strong and spiritual relationship before this tiny new being enters the world. Reiki can help an expectant mother in many ways with the miracle of carrying another human being inside her and passing on life. 

If Reiki is practiced in the early days of the pregnancy, it helps reduce exhaustion and nausea. It also brings relief to every part of a stretched and aching body at various points up, until and including the birth itself. 

Reiki also helps to calm fear of the unknown and soothes a woman who feels invaded and impatient to give birth. Reiki has the power to make a baby wriggle with pleasure in the womb, and also has a calming effect on both the mother and the child. 

Reiki can be given, to both the mother and the baby, throughout pregnancy and at birth itself, if you or your partner practices it. When the time to give birth arrives, Reiki helps to ease the pain and creates a peaceful atmosphere for the baby. 

If you are attuned, you can give your baby Reiki whenever you hold and nurse it. Give yourself plenty of Reiki, which will help your body to maintain its natural, chemical and physiological balance. 

• Place one hand on the centre of the sternum and one hand on the back, to treat the back and give healing to the love, or heart charkas.
• The "Spirit level" Position is useful in pregnancy for general balance and well being. Place one hand at the top of the spine / base of neck, and one at the coccyx at the base of the spine.
• Stand behind the recipient and place your hands on her shoulders for a few moments, to help relieve the tension created by carrying the extra weight. 
• Treat the feet often, as they often get strained a lot.
• In late pregnancy, when the stomach begins to feel heavy, put both hands on either side of the base of the stomach. The mother or her partner may prefer to do this, and as long as the recipient is comfortable it will refresh and support this area.