Most of this month has been spent in preparation for the baby.

This is us setting up a display for me to look at while I'm giving birth in our birthing room.

I have been doing lots of great relaxing things.

Some of the highlights have been:

My dear friend Vistara has given me a massage every week for the last 2 months...she is AWESOME. I have found them so relaxing in helping me to prepare for the birth.

I have also been to aqua classes every Thursday evening with a wonderful group of other pregnant women exercising in the water [hot water] & talking to the teacher Gaby.

She is a midwife & has had 3 natural births & we get to ask questions as we exercise.

The picture here of the shells is of the cot we are creating for the baby. This is my side of it in progress. We will give you a glimpse when it is complete. The nursery is taking shape we will feature it soon!!

Another beautiful girlfriend of ours, Gosia, has been doing her hypnobirthing course with us. It is about meditating & deep relaxation during the birth. It has been wonderful. This is Gosia...

Vibodha & I have been meditating every morning, walking, and stretching.

I thought you might like to see the BIRTHING ROOM.
It is now all set up with the pool, the displays, the belly cast, the mattress, and of course the candles that everyone bought & brought so their energy is with us in the room. It is such a sacred & blissful space.

Read about building a birthing pool by Vibodha (E.j.)

We tested out the waterbirthing pool.

It takes 1 hour to fill and it is DIVINE!

The water stays hot for about 4 hours & its big enough for all 3 of us easily.

Baby loved it.

We have created a beautiful space for this new little being to come into the world. Take a tour of the Birthing Room.

We also had a fun day & evening at our friends Melissa's and Che’s wedding.

It was an amazing day.

She & her new husband Che looked wonderful and were so romantic!!

We know Melissa’s whole family & they are fabulous!
(See "Making Pancakes," July 2003)

Their Italian hospitality makes us always feel so welcome.

The reception was great. We also got to meet Che's side of the family too – they are a lot of fun.

We spent some time with Gillian and Marshall taking long bush walks with the kangaroos and walking by the ocean.

There really are some beautiful properties down here, it would be a great place to live.

Gillian and Marshall have just rented out the cottage on the other side of their property to a lovely young couple who will now wake up every morning living in a forest – how delightful.

Alex and Lesley left on their travels again having headed both North and South of Perth.

They enjoyed their trips to Exmouth, Monkey Mia [where they swam with the dolphins] and they then went south to Margaret River and Dunsborough and hung out in some wineries down there –testing… testing… testing… – well someone has to do it!!!

This picture is of Vibodha's side of the cot!

Our last highlight for the month for our night out dancing at Zorbas in Fremantle.

We took baby out for a dance!!

This is a great club, it is a “Sannyasin” club so when you go there you can just dance however you want, no-one will look at you funnily, you have complete freedom to just move anyway you like!!

We saw lots of our friends down there and had the opportunity to connect with them, they are all so excited and supportive about the baby. We met Avi and Pita, who have a little boy of now 4 months – Osher.

They had him with them all wrapped up and he had a great time dancing too!!

So as September ends and October begins we move closer to the birth and to seeing our little boy in the outside world.

See you all soon, we trust your month was great too. We'll let you know when Baby arrives!!!