Are some sexual positions better than others for conception?

This post has been reposted. There was a comment in the comment section I considered to be "spam" and had no connection to helping anyone in the concieving department. I have now since added the "moderate comments" section on my blog and was not able to remove the comment so deleted the post and reposted it. Sorry if there was any confusion with tonights double post.


Sadly, no scientific studies have been carried out in this area. However, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of couples having sex in different positions have shed some light on what's going on inside when you're doing the deed. Common sense suggests that the "missionary position" (man on top) is one of the best ways to make babies because it allows the deepest penetration and so places sperm right next to the opening of your womb. The other position that may improve your chances (in case you get bored!) is entry from behind, either lying down or with the woman on all fours; this should also deposit sperm right next to your cervix. The MRI studies have indeed shown that the tip of the penis reaches the recesses between the cervix and walls of the vagina in both of these positions. The missionary position ensures the penis reaches the recess at the front of the cervix (anterior) and the rear entry position reaches the recess at back of the cervix (posterior). So this limited evidence supports what common sense tells us; it's just amazing what some scientists spend their time doing, isn't it!What are the worst sexual positions for conception?Some experts recommend you avoid having sex while sitting, standing or with the woman on top. These positions defy gravity and may make it harder for the sperm to swim up towards your fallopian tubes.Do I have to have an orgasm to conceive?Obviously it's very important for the man to reach orgasm if you are trying for a baby, although sperm can leak out before the point of ejaculation. But now research shows that the female orgasm may play a role, too. It seems the contractions that accompany the female orgasm may help carry sperm further into the womb. (This, of course, assumes that woman reaches orgasm after or at the same time as the man.) However, do remember that it's really not vital for the woman to reach orgasm after her partner, or even to reach orgasm at all, for you to conceive. Are there any sexual positions that can help us conceive a boy or girl?Not that science has confirmed, but legends abound! According to one, having sex with the woman on top will lead to a girl, while making love with the man on top will produce a boy.Should I stay lying down afterwards?Some experts also believe that you can boost your chances of conceiving by staying in bed for up to half an hour after having sex, preferably on your back with your hips raised on a pillow. In theory, this gives the sperm a helping hand because they're not having to swim against gravity on their way up to your fallopian tubes. (This obviously isn't a good idea if you're prone to urinary tract infections and have been advised by your doctor to go to the loo immediately after sex.) Another trick that some women swear by is lying on your back and "bicycling" in the air with your legs for a few minutes after sex. If nothing else it should give you and your partner a good giggle - and what could be more conducive to successful baby-making than having fun in bed!

Anyone else have "finger" mashed potatoes?

We had out christmas dinner last night. In the last 5 christmas I have hosted family dinner for christmas THREE times! Usually we have at least 18 people (including myself/husband/daughter) and last night was no different. I was stuffing the turkey, having MIL and SIL telling me what to do with it, finally putting the turkey in at 10am and hoping to have it ready by 5pm. I started peeling potatoes around 4pm only to basically "peel" off the tip/corner of my middle finger on my left hand!! Where its round, is now flat! I lost at least a 1/8" piece of skin from what I can tell. It bled like crazy! Dh told me I was being a baby (I did not cry, but certainly whined and made a big deal of it! lol) And he said he could not believe I actually gave birth! lol. I told him, that the cut on my finger was certainly alot WORSE than giving birth! lol.
I had it in the cold water for what seemed like ever, the bleeding not stopping at all. I finally gave up, the cold was just too much to handle and made my finger hurt worse. Told him to get the polysporin ready and the bandaids and I was just going to go for it. I know my own finger, I know it would be so much happier being comforted by the bandaid than the running water! Even though it was still bleeding and with the protest of my husband, I still put the polysporin on, and the bandaid and I did feel better! I am still missing a chunk from my finger, makes it a bit more difficult to type (thank goodness more on the side than the middle) but it only hurts if I bang the spot and not really any other time! (did I mention I told myself It was not going to hurt? I thought maybe wishful thinking, but perhaps its just all about mind over matter!)

Yesterday was an emotional time for me. Not because of the holiday itself, but just pregnancy hormones. I could explain everything that happened that made me either cry or want to cry, but that would take hours to type out and probably just as long to read! lol. I am not sure if its the build up of Christmas, the shopping for presents months in advance, the decorating of the house...etc all to have it end in less than one hour! Did I mention that our family just kinda tears into the presents? We picked out a few things for MIL (made sure that DH told me what to buy) and not ONCE did they say thank you. MIL is always insisting that my daughter tell her please and thank you, but MIL NEVER says these words to anyone else. Always saying to DO THIS or DO THAT, and no please or thank you. Perhaps that is what just started the day off rough!.

Does anyone else feel that all that build-up, that it just kinda "Sucks" to have it all end in an hour? Anyone else do it differently?

I am really thankful though to be able to spend it with my family/friends and enjoy the holiday season despite trying to peel my finger! lol

I also had an idea on how to get the predictions more "organized" and hopefully speed up the process.. I have tried numerous things and always open to suggestions, but right now think perhaps this will work? When a notification comes in, I will email the person back with a scheduled date to expect prediction. I would love to keep it within 2 days, but this will solely be based on the amount of requests of course that come in and or already in the inbox. I just need to work out what amount I can comfortably fit in each day/night and make sure to include responses requests..etc. I am also trying to get my Mom's husband to update the site. I just need to find the proper wording so I can send her the information so that people know exactly what I am looking for in regards to information to complete the prediction. This too will cut down on time. Again, if anyone has any suggestions, I am always ears!

To finish this blog post and head to bed (U/S at 11am TOMORROW!!) I have an "encounter" storey that was shared by "Julie G". If you have a storey of inspiration or an encounter storey you would like to share please email cheri22@gmail.com and write one of those words into the subject line. For all stories posted on the blog, I do trade one bypass reading (7.00 value) to the person:)

When I was about 5 we moved into a townhouse. On the foot of my bed there used to sit a woman with a pretty long dress and white hair all pulled back into a bun. She used to watch me sleep and protect me. My mom thought she was an imaginary friend. I called her Mimi. I was never scared at all. In fact she was calming. It was not until years later that we found out Mimi lived next door about 10 years before we had moved in to the building. She lived their with her daughter and granddaughter. After she died unexpectedly from health issues, her daughter and granddaughter moved back home to Oklahoma. Her granddaughter's name was Julie and we were close in age. I am not sure why she stayed with me, maybe she was confused or did not know where her family went (sad) but I swore she watched over me like a granddaughter.
Another thing is recent. My daughter, London, now 20 months old has spirits around her all of the time. My mother passed away when I was 21 in 2002. She never got to see me graduate college, get married, and have a baby in person. But I just know she is around. One morning my husband and I woke up to a woman's voice on the baby monitor. It was so familiar and non threatening it took a second to figure out what we were hearing. We sat up and looked at each other. "Did you just hear that?" he said. "Did you hear someone say, what a pretty baby?!" I said. " YES!!!" We both said. I am not sure if it was my mom or my grandma (grandma passed away too after London was born) but I know it had to been one of them. I felt comforted and happy. Meanwhile London was cooing and giggling away in her crib. (She was almost 3 months when this happened)
I have had many more experiences. A couple more pleasant ones, and a couple freaky and unnerving. I have always been open to the other side, but have closed off to strangers, as of recent due to a freaky experience and have not been bothered again since. I hope to have more experiences with my mom in the future when I am not feeling timid.
Julie

A quick little update....

Figured it was time to post a quick little update on a few things to keep everyone up to date.

In regards to predictions I am still a few days behind :( I am currently on holidays right now from my office job (3 days a week) And hoping to have everything caught up before I have to go. I am planning on doing predictions today/tonight and again tomorrow for a bit. I am "stuck" going to the Mother in laws house for dinner Christmas eve and having to come home and finish wrapping the stocking stuff and putting everything under the tree when my daughter is finally in bed. I will not be able to do any predictions on Christmas Day. Not only would my husband kill me if i turned the computer on, (lol) but I am in charge of Christmas dinner!!!! Dont want to burn it! I have about 18 people coming over for dinner.

In regards to the MIL situation, she did come over and we "talked' briefly. She kinda skirted the issue about what happened, did not apologies for telling me "F you". Or hanging up on me... She finally agreed to my request (its tradition that even happened when my sister and I were kids!) So I kinda had to give in with Christmas eve dinner :( Not really looking forward to that, as it would have been nicer to just stay home and relax!

I have my u/s on December 27th, so that should be fun! They wont actually tell you the gender at the u/s at all out here (British Columbia, Canada) There are some ethnic groups that would abort if its a specific gender, so they will write it in your chart, and your dr will tell you if you request. Not all U/S clinics will do this, so you actually have to locate ones that will! I have, as my husband and I do want to find out the gender, and at my Jan 3 Dr appt, I am hoping to find out. When I know, I will definitely post it here so everyone can find out!

I want to wish you all a happy and healthy holiday, regardless of what you celebrate, and a very happy and prosperous new year. I feel that 2008 will be great for alot of people! I love even numbers! lol

A storey of an "encounter"!

A person submitted a storey of something that happened to her personally, that showed her that sometimes just because you can't see it at first, doesn't mean its not there:) I know had this happened to me, I would have been one of the first running out of the room screaming! lol

"In the late 90's, in my early 20's, I worked and lived at a very interesting hotel. It had been built in 1920, and was designed to resemble a Moroccan castle. I researched the people that built it, and artist and his wife, and discovered that the couple had met interesting and strange ends. Just for fun, I decided to use this information to frighten a co-worker, Kelly. Many guests would tell us upoon check-out that they had seen ghosts or heard activity, and I thought it would be a laugh to build on that. Every morning every room had to be opened to air, and at night we had to close them again and turn on lights. After I had frightened Kelly with the stories of the original owners, she refused to do this by herself, so even when I wasn't on shift I was obligated to accompany her. When we went into number 6, Kelly began closing windows in the living room and I went into the bedroom to close the French doors on the balcony. It was not windy in the least, but as I began to latch the doors they suddenly swung open and pushed me so hard I landed on the bed. An instant later I heard Kelly scream; the lights she had just turned on had gone off by themselves and a large ball of light had charged from the bedroom in her direction. I will never take such things lightly again."

Marie

Open Blog Night - Intuition

As per someones request last week, this weeks post is about Intuition. What I have done is copied and pasted again from a site that I really feel explains what I would have said without me having to type it all out! lol. Below this paragraph is the link from the sites I also found that I thought were good information but perhaps not enough info. So if your looking for more than just what is posted below, visit the links too and they do help explain more:)

What is Intuition? Intuition is knowing without words, sensing the truth without explanations. It operates beyond time and space and is a link to your higher self. Intuition knows that past, present, and future are simultaneous, and can see the whole of any event. It often speaks to you as the playful child that would lure you away from a harder path to a more joyful one. Your intuition is always leading you toward aliveness and joy, and out of stuck places. Your intuitive mind synthesizes information in a flash, giving you answers to problems and decisions. It shows you the most effective steps to take to achieve your goals and dreams.

Often intuition comes to you as fleeting feelings, thoughts, or sensations that you barely notice until later, when you look back and think, "Yes, I had a feeling to do this, or not to do that." You can make these intuitive feelings more visible, so that you notice them and can act upon them. You can learn to distinguish between the quiet voice of your intuition that is showing you a good choice or direction, versus the often louder voice of your fears and doubts that want to stop you from doing new things and taking risks.

You are already Intuitive You are already intuitive, and are probably receiving intuitive guidance in many ways. Your body may be speaking to you, giving you hints of the healthy and healing foods it would like to eat. Your emotions may be speaking to you, telling you to follow your heart, take a risk, and do something you love in some area of your life. Your mind may be speaking to you, bringing you intuitive messages and dropping new ideas into your head. Your spiritual intuition may be guiding you to explore new inner places and to try out new spiritual practices.

Why follow your Intuition? Your intuition guides you to do new things, to be in the flow, to experience more grace and ease, to follow your heart, and guides you to be in the right place at the right time. It is the voice of your soul and higher self communicating with you to show you how to follow your higher path and to live your higher purpose.

Following your intuition leads you to taking good care of yourself, your health, and your emotions, and to having improved relationships with people. It can make your career, creative endeavors, and work life better, more enjoyable, and even effortless. Following your intuition can increase the flow of money and prosperity in your life, for as your internal guide and teacher, it is always showing you what to do to increase the flow of energy. Money is one symbol of energy flow in your life, and as you act upon your intuitive guidance, you can experience more aliveness and flow in all areas.

When you follow your intuition, you have more energy moving through you - you are in the flow, you feel alive! When you don’t follow your intuition, life can become a struggle, like swimming against the tide. You can train your intellect to listen to your intuitive knowingness, and learn not to ignore, discount, or contradict the intuitive feelings you are getting. You can trust your own inner knowingness, and make yourself the authority of what is right for you.
What is your Intuition telling you now? Think of these areas of your life and ask yourself, "Is there some intuition I have, some feeling of something I need to do, or stop doing?" If there is, let that become more visible to you now, or in the following few days, to show you how to be on a higher path in these areas:
My body, health, and physical well-being
My career, job, and daily activities
My relationships with my family, friends, co-workers, and others
My relationship to money, prosperity, financial independence
Spiritual Growth - what is next for me?

As you review each area, notice if one stands out for you. Ask yourself if there is something you are getting a feeling to do differently, or to change. Have the intention for your inner guidance to become clearer to you, so that you can recognize what it is showing you. The only action you need to take right now, if you are not sure what to do, is to ask that your intuition become stronger and clearer so you can take action on it.

Orin: I am teaching a course on the seven qualities of Divine Will. The Will to Harmonize is the Will that awakens intuition. You can work with this quality of will through the practices I have written.

Practice to Strengthen IntuitionThink of these areas of your life and ask, “Is there some intuition I have, some feeling of something I need to do, or stop doing?” If so, let that become more visible to you now, or later, to show you a higher path in these areas:• My body, health, and physical well-being• My career, job, and daily activities • My relationships with my family, friends, and others • My relationship to money, financial independence • Spiritual Growth - what is next for me? As you review each area, notice if one stands out for you. Ask yourself if there is something you are getting a feeling to do differently, or to change. Have the intention for your inner guidance to become clearer to you, so that you can recognize what it is showing you. The only action you need to take right now, if you are not sure what to do, is to ask your Divine Self to reveal to you your next steps in these areas.

Other links of interest for intuition
http://www.peaceinside.com/intuition.htm
http://www.eftforfreedom.com/intuit.html

As in tradition with this blog, if you have any questions about anything in this post please feel free to leave a message in the comments section and I will try to answer. If you have something new you would like to learn about and hope to learn in the next open blog night, again, leave a message in the comments section:)

Trusting your instinct

I know that for me, listening more to my instinct seems to be more accurate than not when I just go with the first thing that comes.

Today I was shopping and bought a box of chocolates from Purdy's to take to my friend who is local to me for a gift for her for christmas, and included a few of the single santa's for her boys. I had to stop off at home to get the christmas card and figured I would just go and drop it off. My daughter wanted to stay home with my husband while he was renovating some of the garage. As I got there, I had a feeling she was not going to be home. Not even clueing in that it was my intuition (or even a premonition) I arrived there and knocked on her door. No answer. I thought of leaving it in the mailbox, but did not want it to be stolen, (shes recently had some of her christmas lawn ornaments stolen) so was trying to think of where to put it.. I ended up tucking it behind this planter, barely visible when going to her door, but felt I could go home, email her and let her know it was there.

As I was leaving and walking back to my car, I thought of perhaps moving it to her back yard, slipping it under the gate so that no one would see it.. as I got to my car, I have a vision/premonition that when I leave, shes going to show up.. again, not really clueing in right away that this is what it is, I pull out of the driveway and there she is. We are so lucky that she wasn't a smidge faster as she would have pulled into me rather than her driveway! lol (hedges block her view) It was then I realized I had been told how it would go all along and wasn't until it happened that i was able to put it together and realized what had happened again.

Thats why I always said, just go wtih your FIRST instinct. Know that your always being given the information ahead of time, and the more you listen, the more frequent it will happen and the more accurate it will be. I know if I second guess my first instinct is when I am wrong.

Could you imagine though, me, going into the backyard to put it somewhere else safe, her arriving, not knowing I was leaving a gift and coming out of her backyard! Would have been funny but embarrassing! lol.. Not sure what I would think if someone was at my house coming out of my backyard lol...

Anyways, I found this online "test" that help with intuition, and it gives you a screen and tells you how to do it. Just basically picking 0 or 1 and seeing how many times you are right. Again, dont think about the answer, just say it, and go for it:)

http://bsprnet.com/bspr/psi_test/

Freaky Encounters?

I think for Wednesdays I will do either stories of inspiration (does not have to be only about trying to conceive) or post stories of "encounters". So experiences someone might have had in regards to either "ghosts" or something more unexplained. Perhaps driving somewhere and knowing you "should" got that way, and later realizing why you didn't go that way!

So if you have a storey of inspiration or an "encounter' or otherwise storey you would like to share, email cheri22@gmail.com with WED blog post and if yours is chosen to be posted next Wed, I will trade you a prediction bypass (7.00 Value).

To start this off, I dont think that I have posted this before, but will give one storey that happened to me a long time ago.

When I connect with loved ones who have passed over, they show up in my "mind" or "third eye". I see images of what they looked like and given "memories" or things to connect me to words to tell the person who is looking for the reading what there loved one was saying. At this point they have not manifested themselves in front of me, so I see them with my own two eyes. I dont think that I am ready for that just yet! lol

My first experience, my husband and I lived in a place in Richmond and we were both in bed sleeping. I remember waking up, and looking at the end of my bed, towards the end of the bed, but closer to the right, about 2-3ft off the floor stood a man and a woman. The man was on the left of the woman (my left) and they were looking at me. I remember saying "What?" out loud before putting my head back down and going back to sleep. I have no idea what they wanted, but feel that this was my grandfather and my grandmother from my fathers side. They never said a word...

I can't believe that I just went back to sleep! I guess not completely clued in to what was happening until the morning, and then was starting to wonder if I had seen it or dreaming. Since its still burned in my memory and I feel connected to it, would have to say that it was real.

So, if you would like to share your storey of inspiration or perhaps a storey of something that happened to you, would love to hear it!

Open Blog Night - Pregnancy update

as per the last open blog, someone requested an update my on pregnancy.

I am currently 17weeks and 1 day along right now, my last Dr appt was on the 6th of December, where he tried to listen to the heartbeat. After him looking for a few minutes and not finding it, I did start to worry abit and ask him if this was bad news. He said "nope, lets just continue, I am sure we can find it". Within a minute, he found it! I was relieved. He said that the baby was higher up than where he was looking and appeared to be right below my belly button. I did realize that this is where it was before, because the sporadic movements I felt were located there, but never thought of mentioning that to the dr!

My U/S appt is on December 27, I am hoping that I can bring my daughter with me so that she can see the baby. My husband is undecided if he wants to come. Although he is excited about the baby, the appt is 1.5hour drive from our house, and he more than likely would have to work that day, which takes MIN 4 hours from his work day. So we will see. This is the only location close to here that will tell you the gender of the baby. My Husband and I would like to know this time to plan things. I kept every little thing I had from my daughter, so if its a girl I have the clothes from newborn till 4 years, but if it turns out to be a boy, I'd like to do something with the girl clothes and go and get some boys. So would be nice to know.

Unfortunately here in BC, they will NOT tell you the gender at your U/S Appt, you have to wait one week for the information to get to your DR and then you will find out. Reason, is due to the multicultural part of BC, some ethnic groups have aborted due to to a certain gender being present. So they made a new law out here. Most U/S will not tell you the gender anymore, so if you really want to find out, you have to search out there to find one that will. So once i know what it is, I will post it here in my blog so that everyone knows.

According to my MIL though, no one will care when the baby is born, if everyone knows the gender :(. I told her that it upset me when she said that, but according to her, I have no reason to be mad/upset, as its only her opinion.. but when I give her my opinion, its considered "nit picking" at her.. anyone else find this unfair?

I still have not talked to my Mother in law since the last phone call that she hung up on me. I refuse to make the call.. I believe i tried two times already, and know its up to her to do so. Its sad really, that she can't get past herself to try and make amends. Although I would never stop a relationship with her and my daughter, what she has to realize is that I AM PART OF THIS FAMILY, and that to be able to continue with her relationship with my daughter she has to accept that, which means, that she has to be civil nice. We dont have to be best friends, we dont even have to go out together or talk.. but for my daughter and my husbands sake, we do have to co-exist and get along.

Today I am having an "emotional" day as I am always very polite and a happy person, always looking on the positive side, and I hate having conflict with people so it tends to really get me down.. But I am NOT going to be this womans doormat anymore, nor will I let her treat my husband that way either. (she is ALWAYS telling him what to do in OUR House, and it has to stop) So here I am at home, trying to just relax and take it easy. I am doing emails and will do what i can today before going to get my daughter:)

Okay, so as you know, Open blog night is about what you want to discuss. Is there something that has been bugging you about a dream? Perhaps something in your life that confuses you and you want help to figure out how it works, or how it can change? Or perhaps there is a part of your gift you want to explore more, and you would like more guidance? Just post in the comments section and perhaps your topic will be next weeks open blog night.

had a bit of an "off" weekend...

This weekend has been off right from the start I think. MIL and I finally had "words". Its been a long time coming, but certainly wish it had gone a bit more smoothly. And it all started over something so silly...

I was told by DH that she had bought gifts for my daughter and labeled half of them from Santa. My Mother in law, had not talked to me about this, but ever since my daughter was born, Santa only brings ONE gift to our house for each person and fills the stockings. This is the way that we have done it right from the start. Every year, when my daughter sees santa, she asks for ONE gift.. Even if she sees him 10 times, she only asks for the one gift.. thats it. I emailed my mother in law a nice email, asking if she would mind to switch the presents to just say from her and her husband. I explained the tradition and how we do it.

She phoned our house at 12am, demanding to speak to my husband. I explained he was sleeping. I ended up calling her back, saying that shes obviously mad at me, and that her and I should talk about things, as obviously things have been left unsaid for too long. She basically freaked out, yelled at me, said that i never let her do anything with my daughter (which is completely false) and a bunch of other things that I wont bore you with the details.

She ended the conversation with telling me to "F**K off" and hung up the phone. I went to bed that night, still remaining calm and very confused. I honestly did not intend for things to get so crazy.

She called the next day, I answered, and again she demanded to speak to dh. She told him to come and pick up our daughters presents. After he hung up and told me, and said that he did not want to go, he asked me to call her back and tell her that. I did. I called her and told her he was not coming, and explained again, that its between her and I with our issues, and my husband should not have to pick sides or be dragged into the middle of this. I again asked that we talk in person and sort things out. I always remained calm, did not yell, did not swear.. can't say the same for her. I pointed out a few things, as did she, and I said that we are both at fault and we need to work it out.

She basically said that shes never coming over again, that she spent the last 10 years of christmas alone and will do it again (DH moved from ON the minute he was old enough and moved here to BC).

Again, none of this was intended, I tried two times to fix it, and talk with her, but she wont have anything of it. I just dont get her, or how to deal with her. We have been at odds for 11 years. She basically does what she wants and expects people to follow along with her wishes. her kids, knowing how she reacts when they dont just kinda go along with it. I am the first one to stand up and say "no more". I refuse to be this womans doormat.

I know it all boiled over with the whole Santa thing, which I do understand is not "important" and I should have compromised, BUT she does this sort of thing all the time. Just does things and expects me to go along with it.

Its been two days, I figured she would calm down enough that we could talk.. nope...

So.. any suggestions? All opinions, are good.. perhaps there is a lesson here for me to learn, but because I can't read myself, I can't see it:)

Do you have a storey of inspiration?

As always mentioned, I am always interested in hearing your stories of inspiration and know that alot of the storeys that have already been posted really do help restore the hope it the lives of people who are trying to conceive.

This storey does not have to be about trying to conceive, but can be about anything in your life, where you realized your lesson you needed to learn and where triumphant in achieving something.. anything that made you feel good.

As always I am willing to trade a prediction bypass (7.00) for any inspirational storey that is published on my blog.

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Here is one of my own.

I know that I am not the only one who went through this, but perhaps this will put things into better perspective for people either currently in this situation, or who have just left it, yet have not learned their lesson or dealt with it yet.

I started dating when I was 15 years old. The man I started dating was named Jay. He was 17 years old, really tall, and in my opinion good looking. He was also charming. This should have given me warning signs, but like everyone else, sometimes your heart leads the way. I remember being told by my best friend, that she found through a friend, that he was holding hands with a girl in school. When I confronted him, he denied it, saying that he was not sure what they were talking about.
I later was told he was sleeping with another girl. Yep you guessed it. Jay was my "first". (thats another long storey!) So I was pretty hurt, and again confronted him about it. He of course denied it again, and even told me to go and ask her myself if he was any good. I kid you know, the very next day during highschool she came up to me all smiling and happy. I said " Jay told me to ask you, he wants to know if he is any good?" The look on her face was enough to confirm it for me, she was in complete shock, had nothing to say, picked up her jaw off the floor and walked away. I knew then, what I guess I had known all along. For some reason I was not able to move on at this point. Jay did alot of things to my family, "borrowed" my parents car when they were sleeping, stole money from my mom's purse..... and this all after his own parents kicked him out, and my parents allowed him to move into our place. During this time, I was not dating him, but we were sleeping together. I have no idea why. Perhaps it was more about having someone there, not ready to move on yet.
I think what really broke the camels back, and allowed me to move on from the two years off an on I "allowed" him to use me, was the night he stole my mom's bank card. Sometimes I would sneak out of the house with him to ensure that he would bring the vehicle back..after all, if I was in it, he would have to right? We arrived at a bank machine, and he came to the truck and asked me for my mom's pin number. I told him I didn't know it and asked him why. (I know the pin number, but would not tell him of course!) he said that his bank pin was the same as hers, and that he could not remember his pin number. After waiting 5 min I went into the bank machine room and when he removed the card, I KNEW it was my mom's. For the rest of the night as he spent some of my mom's money (He drove back home and got the pin number as he wrote it down) kept offering to buy me things, and I kept refusing. He kept saying "its not your mom's money, its not your mom's money" and I just kept saying "whatever' knowing full well it was. Later that night, he said he took too much out, and was putting it back in. I felt better, knowing that she had only lost 20.00 and NOT the whole 200.00 he took out in the first place. Little did I know, he actually withdrew 200.00 MORE.
The next morning, my mom tried to withdraw money from her account and couldn't they said she exceeded the amount she was allowed to take. This is when I told her what happened, and what he had done. She confronted him and he LIED! She basically told him, that if she had to she would get the bank to give her pictures of who withdrew the money and press charges. He finally admitted to it and said he would pay it back. He never did, and this is when I "let him go". He moved to Alberta thankfully and even when he came back I did not bother with him. Running into him in the mall made me feel physically ill.

Okay, I am admitting I am not "perfect' when I was younger, or even now, but feel that this part of my life, although was "horrible" to think what I put myself through and my family, I can honestly say that I would not change what happened. Sounds bad eh? But in reality, I truly believe that everything happens for a reason. Had I not experienced that, I would be a different person today. I honestly believe that.

I learned to be strong, I learned that know one needs to be treated like crap and put up with it. I started to stand up for myself.

The more important lesson that started this all, was two more relationships down the road, both men cheated. I confronted they lied :(. It was after the third guy did it, that I clued into the last lesson. Did you know that if you dont learn your lesson the "first" time its presented, it repeats itself? Whether its with the same person, or another, its going to be repeated until you learn it. This lesson was that I did not have to put up with people cheating on me, again, about being walked on, treated like crap and "accepting it" all rolled into one. When I clued into this, the cycle stopped. I met my now husband and when we first started dating I told him right off the bat, if he EVER cheated on me, regardless of where we were in our relationship, it would be over. We are now together for 11 years and married for 6. I really believe that he is my match.

So to make a very long storey shorter, that things truly do happen for a reason, although it seems crappy and never ending, look for the common factor here and see if you can locate a "lesson" you might have missed. Because when you learn it, and "pass the test" you dont have to take that class anymore:)

Hopefully this post in this blog shows that everyone is "human" and we make mistakes, its the people who learn from their mistakes that advance and not have to repeat it...

As always, if you have any questions about this post, please leave it in the comments section, whether its your own experience, or help finding the lesson in your own situation I will reply to you:)

Open Blog Night!

Okay, so I am going to try and do this every Tuesday, where its "open blog night" where you the reader gets to pick what is discussed for the following tuesday by posting in the comments section below. I remember for the last one, that people posted about wanting to know more about Auras, so that is what today will be about. Opening your awareness to ones aura. Not only yours, but the people around you.

When I first started reading about aura's I must have been around 16-17years old. I really expected to be able to just look at someone and see color, and be able to attribute it to a current mood they were in. I guess like using a mood ring, only I didn't actually have to press anything to their skin.

Well, unless you have opened yourself up to this, and started from the basics, its not likely to be able to just one day look at someone and decide to see color. In my experience it does not work like that. So lets start with how it works in regards to me.

I know that at first, when starting to open yourself up to see the auras around people, you need to be able to use your "third eye". So although your two eyes you have wont see the color, your third eye will. By looking at someone, what is the first color you "feel". The first color usually is the one that is closest to the persons body. I find that its maybe an inch away from their body and basically surrounds them like a cocoon. I dont obviously see it go around their feet underneath, but every where else. Most people do not just use one color, usually there are 2-3 and sometimes more depending on a current situation, and sometimes its stronger. I usually just focus on the first 2 to 3 as this closely relates to what the person is feeling most.

I found an important text from a site that I think fits in perfectly with explaining why auras can be important to train yourself to see.
(please note, all text in green has been copied/pasted from http://thiaoouba.com/see_aura_color.htm" if you want to read more. I copied/pasted what was relevant to what I am talking about)

"Why do we need to see auras ?Colors and intensity of the aura, especially around and above the head have VERY special meanings. Watching someone's aura you can actually see the other person's thoughts before you hear them expressed verbally. If they do not agree with what this person is saying, you effectively see a lie every time. No one can lie in front of you undetected. We cannot fake the Aura. It shows our True Nature and intentions for everyone to see.Also, aura is our spiritual signature. When you see a person with a bright, clean aura, you can be SURE that such person is good and spiritually advanced, even if he/she is modest and not aware of it. When you see a person with a gray or dark aura, you may be almost SURE, that such person has unclear intentions, regardless how impressive, eloquent, educated, "good looking" or "well dressed" he/she seems to appear."

Also, found "directions" posted to increase your ability that give it step by step instructions to make it easier:)

"Seeing the Aura. This exercise is designed to see Aura for the first time and/or practice seeing Auras. Choosing good conditions is important: not only you see the Aura better, but also to gain a confidence about what you see.
Situate the person in front of a very softly illuminated PLAIN WHITE background. A color background will change Aura colors, so you need additional knowledge about combining colors. Some combinations of background and Aura colors may cause misinterpretation problems.
Choose ONE SPOT to look at. The middle of the forehead is VERY GOOD. This is a location of so called Brow Chakra or the Third Eye. In some cultures (India) they put a mark on a forehead. Such a mark in ancient times could mean the invitation to look and see the Aura.
Look at this spot for 30 to 60 seconds or longer
After 30 seconds analyze surroundings with your peripheral vision, while still looking at the same spot. Continuing the concentration is most important. Resist temptation to look around. You should see that the background nearby the person is brighter and has a DIFFERENT color than the background further away. This is your own perception of the Aura. The longer you concentrate, the better you will see it. Remember, concentration on one spot increases your sensitivity by accumulating the effect of the Aura vibration reaching your eyes. Taking a SNAPSHOT of an Aura.After concentrating long enough to see the aura, close your eyes. For a second or two you will see the Aura ONLY. Be prepared. You have only one second or two until your photosensitive cells will stop vibrating and sending visual sensations to the brain. And if you miss is, you have to start concentrating again. Try to experiment how fast or slow you should close your eyes.
Observing auras of other people. The best is to look directly at someone's brow chakra (third eye or wisdom eye, which is located @1.5 cm above the nose, between eyes) and aim to achieve the state of mind similar to the concentration technique described above for at least 30-60 seconds. I have tried also looking at throat and heart chakras with similar results. However, if you concentrate on someone's chest it looks so unusual that the person concerned is usually very uneasy about it. When you look into someone's brow chakra you can actually continue conversation.Again, VERY softly illuminated background, with no shadows is best. With practice, any uniformly illuminated background (such as a blue sky for example) will suffice.How to see your own AuraStand about 1.5 m in front of a good size mirror. In the beginning it is best if the background behind you is plain white and there are no shadows. Illumination should be VERY soft and uniform not bright. Follow instructions above for seeing Auras.PRACTICE for at least 10-15 minutes each day to increase your sensitivity and develop Auric sight. Remember that practice is required to develop Auric sight."

If you have any questions about this post, please put in comments section. If you have another topic you would love to learn about post in comments section as well and it might be next Tuesdays post!

Now that was SCARY!

Last night, myself, my husband and my daughter all headed to my dad's side of the family christmas reunion. We really don't get to see this side of the family very often and usually works out to once every few years unless a special event comes into play. So even with the snow warning in affect, and the 1.5-2 hour drive ahead of us, we set out. Before we left I asked my husband if we should go, as the television says that there was a chance of up to 15cm ( from what I was told every 3cm is an inch) and because they said it would happen "overnight" we headed out.

we got there, it was snowing about halfway out there, but not bad, my husband was driving so it certainly was easier! We made it to the party no problem! Had a good time, visited with everyone I haven't seen in what seemed like ages.

Anyways, we left at 9:30pm and headed out for home (normally we would not have left until much later!) And I was driving as my husband had a few beers. (he was sober, but I like to drive when hes had anything to drink)

We are about half way home and the snow is so bad that I can barely see the road! I was probably going only like 40km on a road I otherwise do 120km on, and I could barely see! I sometimes get vertigo like symptoms, especially at night while driving and if its snowing or raining. I have good peripheral vision so I tend to see other things as well other than just on the road. So not only could I see the snow coming straight at us, the wind blowing the snow on the road the opposite direction and the lights coming from the opposite direction of traffic going the other way. This is not a good combination when all you are trying to do is see the road, which was pretty much white at this point!

Did I mention I also get car sick? This was not helping! I actually started crying because I was so scared that I might drive us off the road. There was only 20 minutes left before getting home, and we had already been driving for 1.5 hours and I just couldn't see anymore!! I literally had to pull over and let my husband drive the rest of the way home so we could actually get there. Had it just been me and my daughter in the car, I would have pulled to the side of the road and waited till it was not snowing so bad anymore!!!

So needless to say I will NEVER do that again! (drive in snow conditions where you can barely see in front of you)

its still snowing here, my daughter is excited as my husband has promised to take her outside to build a snowman, and then we also plan on putting up our christmas tree! Should be fun today!

A little about me and what I do...

I believe that this has been mentioned previously, in posts from MONTHS ago, but figured I would post it today for the people who have not read it, or want to bother scrolling down and trying to find it.

As most of you know, I am a 31 year old, been married for 6 years and together for 11, we have a 4.5 year old daughter and baby number 2 on the way. As of todays post I am about 15weeks and 5 days along. I plan on finding out the gender at the u/s that I get in December or January. Out here (British Columbia, Canada) you usually only get the one u/s at 18-20weeks and due to some cultural beliefs, they will no longer tell you gender at the u/s. Some will write it in your chart for you to find out from your Dr the gender, there are a few select clinics out here who will tell, but you really have to call to find out which ones they are. From what I am told, the closest one tht will tell, is about an hour from where I live.

I do work in an office a few days a week, and work from home the other ones. I try to fit in a few answers while I am at work if not too busy, otherwise its done on the days that I work from home, or when I put my daughter to bed (around 8:30pm Pacific time) I try not to be online before that, as I believe its also important to give her my time and attention. Right now she loves to play barbies, so seems to be what I am doing before its bath time and bed time! lol

The days that I work from home, I try to devote at least a few hours during the day to completing predictions, and then again at night when my daughter is in bed. On weekends, I sneak in an hour or two while shes watching her cartoons, and then we set out for the day. Every night when shes in bed, you will find me in front of my computer from 8:30pm to 11pm when I know its time to hit the sack.

I can't read myself, I do get what I call "premonitions" where I see something happening before it happens, usually a few minutes warning. I am still working on this portion of my gift, but other than that, I am going through like just like everyone else, not having all the answers and rely on the help of other psychics like Brooke777 (website located at the bottom right) to help clear things up that I am not able to see for myself.

When reading other people, I do not use tarrot cards to completely my reading. Its all done through intuition, and channeling to bring forth information. I type out exactly how i see it, any information that they give, is passed on to the person the reading is for. So whether its about a child to come or already here, or whether its a connection with a loved one who has passed, they show me images, pictures, personalities...etc. Its almost like describing to the person, someone I have already met, memories of that person..... this is especially how it works when its someone who has passed over.

There have been times when doing readings for someone with a connection of a loved one, that I started crying when their loved one recognized that it was them. This was not me crying, as I am not attached to the situation, but the emotion coming from the loved one who has passed over, pouring through me.

I remember doing a reading for someone over a year now, connecting them with their grandfather. I could not complete the reading as my daughter really wanted me to take her to the park. The entire time I was there, he kept telling me stories, sending me images of his grand daughter, connection information and was persistant that I tell her. This happened for the entire 45 minutes we were at the park, and the only time that he would stop is when I passed her the information. Othertimes I have been doing a reading for a child who is to come, and a loved one "hi-jacked' their reading, to tell them how much they were missed.

Now I also have to say, that when out and about with my "normal' day to day activities, I dont just "read" people passing on the street. I find that to be more of an invasion of privacy. So unless someone asks to be read, I dont try and tune in.

I really feel that I am meant to help people, whether its through my psychic gifts or in other ways.

In regards to my emails, I try to keep on top of them, answer as many as I can. I seem to be able to complete at least 8-15 indepth predictions a day/night, 15 seems to be my max before I start to feel "burnt out" and drained. (this does not include the number of emails I answer for quick questions, or comments) I really try to have no delay in regards to answering emails but this really depends on the amount of time I have to spend, as well as how many emails come in during the day.

I am trying to get my mothers husband to adjust my payment site, so that its more specific if there is to be a delay expected, as well as letting everyone know what happens with gmail in regards to emails! when replying to the email, it automatically links the emails together and moves it closer to the top. As I work from the bottom up in the hopes of answering the "older' emails sometimes I do not realize this has happened. So, with that being said, if your looking for an update as to where your prediction is in line, send a seperate email with UPDATE REQUESTED in the subject line and I should be able to locate your prediction and tell you when it will be done.

as always, if you have any questions about what I do, or how something works, I am more than willing to answer. You can either email cheri22@gmail.com with QUESTIONS in the subject line, or even post them in the comment section here.

another psychic test!

Another thing for everyone to try to increase their gifts. As I mentioned in numerous posts before, everyone has a psychic gift, some areas are going to be easier to develop and seem to come through extremely fast, and others will take time and practice.

This one might be a bit more difficult, but for some people might be really easy and could actually be their gift. I believe its called "remote viewing" but It might have a more proper term.

I know for me, I can use this when trying to describe where something is located, been shown images/layouts of what peoples kitchens look like, where a loved one might site when visiting...etc.

So, to do this you need to have no distractions, no TV on, no music on..etc. Be in front of your computer if you like, and what i want you to do is see my computer room. I want you to see yourself standing behind me, what is to my right when you look, what is to my left? Can you see the door and the window? Tell me left or right, behind..etc.

I know it can be intimidating at first, and might be "hard" at first to try, but you know what, just try it, nothing to loose here at all! Just write down what you see. Now remember, on the top right picture of my blog is me, make sure to look at me first, and then write out what you see.

The person who is able to describe the most and and most accurate will win a sibling express prediction from myself. (worth 15.00)

Please write your answers in the comment section and I will respond by Friday night at 10pm with the description of the room!

As a quick update about the modem, its still working! lol. Looks like the one that they finally replaced is a good one! Thank goodness it was a different brand then the one that kept kicking the bucket!

Getting really frustrated!

I got home from work last night, and my Sister in law informed me that my internet wasn't working again! I walk into my computer room and the darn modem is flashing AGAIN! This is the same thing that happened to me on Friday night, and on Saturday the Telus Tech said that the modem was fried and he gave me a new one. It was back up and running just to have it happen again on Monday! I am not impressed! They are supposed to be coming to my house today around 3-4pm to "fix" it again. Thank goodness my husband will be home to let the guy in. If this happens again within the next 3 months, I will be switching internet providers! This is totally unacceptable. I am right now at work accessing email here so hopefully can get some answered and organized!

In regards to yesterdays post, I had to have my mother post on the blog announcing the winner, "Isaac" with the answer of ONTARIO. This is the province where my husband was born. There were three people who got the right province and the winner was drawn amongst the three people. I will be contacting Isaac with how to access the email to claim your free psychic reading.

In regards to everyone else who participated, would love to hear your experiences, and what you tried, and how it worked for you. The people who guessed Quebec that was pretty darn close to Ontario, so would say "close". And for the people who said British Columbia, that is actually where my husband and I live. So that could be why it gave you a "yes" for that area.

I think that everyone did really well and with practice, you can truely master this portion, and could be the start of your "awakening' your gifts.

Now, to the reveal! My psychic friend who has been kind enough to do her predictions for free this month is none other than Brooke777. She has her own site here http://brooke777.angelfire.com/ where you can contact her if you would like to find out more information about her or purchase a reading from her as well. The email address to contact her is Brooke7777@gmail.com . As mentioned in numerous posts, she had read for me previously, two winners currently from this blog, and also two additional friends of mine who have all given her good feedback. I found her to be really accurate in regards to her reading for me, which was very similar to the reading I had with Cheri Mancuso as well and things that I just "knew" about myself.

Last chance to win a free psychic reading!

as promised, this is the last post to win a free psychic reading with my secret psychic! Tomorrow I should be able to post her website as well as her contact information for anyone else who would like to contact her as well to try her out. She does her readings through tarot cards and is eerily accurate! The people who have already been read by her have provided good feedback and understood what the cards where saying.

As mentioned in previous, the winner is given the chance to ask her three questions, which she will provide the answers for.

Here is todays "test"
below this writing is a map of canada. Its best if you can print this out, or google this (or any map of canada) and print it out. If you have no access to a printer, this does not eliminate you at all! You can use a piece of paper, and write out the name of the provinces of Canada (no this is NOT a history lesson! lol)

next, what you need is either a necklace with a pendant on it, that can dangle, or a roll of tape (off the dispenser) and a few elastics. For those who need to use the roll of tape and elastics, what you do is "tie" The few elastics together (3 is better) and then loop the one end through the tape, and back through the top of the first elastic, thus having the tape so it "dangles".

Over the map of canada, you are to ask "which province was Cheri's husband Dan born in"

Now you might want to do this for each province, dangle your pendant/chain or your tape and elastics, and have it sway....let it start to settle, if its a "connection" to that province it will say up and down, if there is no connection to that province the pendant/chain and or elastic/tape will swing in circles. Do this for each province and note which one gives you a "yes" feeling. If you end up with more than one yes, go back over the "yes" provinces and again ask " Was Cheri's husband Dan born in ....(insert province here)". And when you have your answer, post in the comments section with your province answer. Please only list one province, along with your name and your email address that you can be contacted at. Only one entry per person please:)

Edited to add, copy of the map wont paste properly, please see this link to access the map

http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/images/images&downloads/map_pol.jpg

This is also a psychic technique, it helps your spirit guides show you the answers as well as flowing the energy through you to show yourself what you should do. You can use this type of ability to give yourself direction and works best with "yes or no" type answers. yes is always up and down and no is in circles. (again, dont take the advice of your pendant or role of tape over the advice of your dr's or common sense:)

Tonight at 10pm Pacific time (again, see world clock bottom right if your unsure what time it is in my zone) I will announce the winner. If more than one person got it right, again will be decided by putting the winning names in a hat and drawing one name.

As for an update with me, this weekend has been a bit of a "write off" for me, been really busy, no Internet connection for 1.5 days, and then last night because on our way home a certain little 4 year old fell asleep in the car she could not fall asleep until 10pm which left me no time for online.

I will be hopefully getting some done in the next little bit, and then again tonight in the hopes to catch up. I just want to thank everyone for their continued support and patience.

Disaster Diverted!

okay maybe not "disaster" but definitely would have been a complete inconvenience!

I worked quite a bit on Thursday during the day as I was taking my daughter to the Disney Princess on ice thursday night. I knew we were staying at a friends house and had no computer access. (event is 2 hours from my house and was over late!)

So friday morning, spent a few hours visiting my sister and my nephew and helped clean her house (she was having a house guest for the weekend and not able to do it due to the c-section) So my daughter and I pitched in! My daughter LOVES to clean the toilet! Funny, but she does a great job!

Anyways, get home around 3pm, and try to get to some emails, and guess what.. NO INTERNET!!!!! My computer goes on, but the model light flashes. After spending 1/2hour with Telus (My internet provider) on the phone, she mentions that she would have to send a technician to come and take a look, and next appt was MONDAY!!! ACK! I informed her I work from home, and that by them not coming till monday that she was shutting me down for four days. After talking to the manager, they said that they would "try" to squeeze me in on Saturday (today). She told me to call the number on Sat morning to inquire if I could be on the list and have someone come over.

I called 8:30am today and waited 45 MINUTES before a rep came on the phone. I gave them my job number I was given, asked if I was on the list for today, which he said that they are really busy and fully booked, but would try and squeeze me in. If no one came by 4:30pm today I would have to recall and be on the monday wait list :(.

Well the tech came by around 12:30pm, and determined it was my modem! I am not sure if anyone remembers, but about 4-5 months ago I had no internet for a few days, and it was the EXACT same problem! So gave me a new modem for nothing, set me back up. I thanked him so much for squeezing me in today, and he informs me that it was no problem as he didn't have alot of jobs to do today and says that Saturdays are really slow??? WHAT??? I explained how the tech told me how busy they were and it would be hard to get someone here, and he kinda chuckled. So in 20 min my Internet was back up!

So, just wanted to let you know what happened to me last night, I couldn't get any emails done and felt so "naked" without my Internet! lol

Dont forget everyone, Monday is the last post for my secret Psychic and your chance to win!

I think that I figured out the dream from the other night....

i know I was not sure that it was a dream as a warning or someone I needed to look for as being kidnapped, or perhaps a lesson from my spirit guides on how to bring someone who has passed over even stronger through than I do now, also that I would be able to hear them rather than with my mind.....

Well, I just started reading Sylivia Brownes book called " Psychic Children". I dont get to read much lately because of time, but tonight while my daughter was watching a movie I snuck in a few chapters:) Well I came across pg 12, where someone had written a letter to Sylivia of an experience she had with her son, and him explaining "the other side". In one of the points it says " We can see them sometimes in the shadows like when Dad sees a shadow in the corner of his eye". This sentence hit me like a ton of bricks. That perhaps my spirit guide Serlina was teaching me this. That perhaps I am ready for the next step of connecting with loved ones who have passed over. I am not 100% ready to try what she showed me and what I described below, as what if I can't send them "back" and they want to follow me around! lol. Okay, probably wont happen, but I think I want to find out more information before trying something like that.

So with this being said, I also remember something happening with my daughter about 1.5 years ago. Off and on she would tell me about my mom's house, and a room that she had set aside as a toy room for my daughter. Out of the blue she would start telling me that people were peeking at her from the walls. She at first did not seem scared, but just stated this matter of fact. I said "oh really", and would ask her a few questions and she would just say that they look at her, and leave it at that. I thought perhaps it was her imagination, and I never brought it up again. For the next 7 months she would bring this up again, same exact wording, same everything. It got to the point that at the end of 7 months and me not bringing up the subject at all, that she started to be scared to go in that room. This is when I told my mom about what she was saying, and that she would not go in the room period. Would stand outside of the room and just look inside and did not want to go in at all! I asked my mom if she could really be seeing someone, as I was not able to see them myself, and my mom did not pick up on anything.

The next day, my mom changed the light bulb in the room to a brighter one, one that did not cast shadows at all in the room as she was thinking my daughter was imagining things in the shadows. Well, after she did that, my daughter was not afraid at all, and would go in and out of the room and never after that point did she mention people peeking at her. I, like my mom, thought it was strange, but passed it off as an odd experience until TODAY. When I read that line, connected it to my dream and remember about that incident it all makes sense!

In response to comments yesterday and asking for my psychic tests (even if they do not include prizes) I will do my best to try and include something like that at least once a week. Perhaps every Thursday or something like that?

Time to win the blog contest again!

As promised, here we are with MONDAY again and today's the day to enter to win a chance to have a reading with my secret psychic connection! As mentioned the winner will receive her email address as a way to contact her, and be allowed to ask three questions. She does all of her readings through tarrot cards and is eerily accurate! She has done a reading for me, as well as last Monday's winner, which also gave her good feedback and will be recommending her to others when her information is released.

I will be posting her website and email address at the end of November for anyone else who might be interested in checking her out as well. Until that time she remains my little secret! Should you win, all I ask is that you keep her information confidential until the release of the information. After that, you can pass the information to whom ever you like!

Today's contest involves testing your psychic ability. I have below, 5 symbols, you are allowed to choose ONE only. Out of the 5 I have already picked the one who is the winner. You need to concentrate and choose the way you feel the "vibe" connected to as the one I have chosen. In the comments section below, post your symbol answer, your first name and email address to be contacted with. I will accept entries until 10pm Pacific standard time. if your unsure of what time it is here, check my world clock on this blog closer to the bottom right side, it will tell you! 10pm tonight I will announce the winner.

Now since there is only 5 symbols and obviously people are going to possibly guess the same symbol, out of the people who get this correct, I will put their names in a hat and have my husband or daughter draw a name, and that person will win! Please, only one guess per person to keep this fair!

here are the pictures in no particular order

To use your own psychic ability just look them over, "feel" which one to be right. You dont have to guess, just let the answer come to you:)

EDITED TO ADD WINNER!
Tonights winner is Eileah with the "circle" answer! That was the symbol I had chosen!

Dont forget everyone, there is one last chance to win the reading by my secret psychic on November 26th! I will post with how to win that chance on that particular day! After the winner is announced, her email address and website will be posted for those that are interested in giving her a try.

A dream of importance...or a lesson to learn?

I had the "weirdest" dream last night. Okay, I know being pregnant that it often gives women "crazy" dreams, but in reality I probably dream most nights anyways and its always the tricky part to know if its important, something to look out for, or perhaps tied in with something I watched/read before bed. Last nights dream, still has me thinking that its either important or a way to teach something that not only will help me, but others who wish to explore this type of connection.

It starts off with me at some smaller venue with a woman beside me to my right. It was not until this morning that I realized this woman was my "Teacher" or "spirit guide" Serlina. In my dream I knew her, and she was very wise, but I did not call her by her first name. Anyways, at this venue a woman was missing, a younger girl either teenage years or early adult. We were trying to figure out why she had not shown up to participate (she was a singer in the show). My "teacher" asked me to stand along this wall, against the one wall but facing another and just slightly forward. She told me to look at our shadows on the wall, and soon you start to see our shadows adding a third even though no additional people were in the way. There was another man to my left watching, but no where near the light. This person took form in the Shadow against the wall, and I said that he kinda reminded me of Patrick Swayze in the way that he looked (it wasn't him, just resembled him) this person in the wall started talking and I realized that this was someone who passed over. You couldn't really hear him with your ears, but almost like you could read his lips and "hear" In your head to an extent what was happening. He told me to involve the police. This was in relation to the girl missing. He specifically said "involve the police." I passed that information to my teacher, looking a bit shocked as I certainly never had this experience before, and she nodded her head in agreement.

I look over to my left and the man has since given up as I am not sure if he is too spooked, or just didn't see what was happening and left.

Well, once he left, this spirit stepped forward away from the wall. He appeared more solid, you could see more color in him and I could literally hear him with my own two ears. he explained that they don't like to show themselves to that extent when there are so many people around. That they don't want to frighten them.

He told me that there is a man named Dave involved with her disappearance, and that she was still alive, and I needed to locate her. It was then that the next thing I remember about the dream, is that I see this younger guy, again either late teens or early adult, and he is running. Is in obvious good shape, and that he is very athletic, and he appears to be running "home". Almost like he does this every day. This is when I realize that he kinda looks around to see who is watching and ducks into this cream/white colored Porshe. Almost like he did not want anyone to know this was his car, almost like he was pretending to just be out for a friendly type jog. I looked at the licence plate and it said "YES 866". That is how a BC licence plate would read.

The only other thing I knew during the dream was following him a bit, I knew it was an abandoned house he had her in, did know her personally and not just some random thing he did, and that she was not harmed, Tied up and held against her will, but not harmed.

So...is this dream something I should be paying attention to in the way of something happening or already happened? Something I am supposed to "inform the police" about? Or is it my spirit guide who is teaching me another technique (and anyone else who wishes to try) to contact loved ones who have passed over, and actually have them step forward more than just in the mind?

I believe that the girls name was sarah and she did have darker hair, I have been kinda watching the news just in case, but not really sure how to take the dream. I don't want to call the police and sound like a lunatic either though! lol.

I think that for the most part, for those who are interested in connecting with loves one who have passed over, the way to also bring them forth is to stand in a light and cast your shadow against the wall. Allowing your shadow to perhaps change and alter and turn into the loved one your trying to reach.

I also have a way that I found this morning for those of you wishing to "open" your psychic abilities. Imagine a triangle on your forehead with a closed eye (just one) in the middle of it, and actually see it open, feel the eye open. It will be smack right in the middle of your forehead. This should also help you open up your abilities.

I'm an Aunty!!! I'm an Aunty!!!

My sister had her son last night, born at 10:37pm by emergency c-section (babies heart rate kept dropping with each contraction - cord as it turns out was wrapped around his neck)

His name is Samuel and hes adorable! He was 6lbs 9oz and 19.5" long. Almost the same lenght as my daughter when she was born. Difference of .5"!

Baby and mother are both doing fine! I am so happy I got to be there for them when they brought the baby out to come and see us. My parents and their wife/husband were there, my sisters step sons, and myself and my daughter were all in the room waiting axiously for his arrival. I left home with my daughter at about 8pm, picked up the step sons 45min away and headed on into the city he was born in. All about an hour or just over. I made it just in time! When I got there they were just getting ready to wheel her to the OR.

So is a picture of the little guy!

Another storey of inspiration!

This is a storey from a woman named Stacie. Sharing her experience of ttc, the ups and downs. It just shows you that even when things seem to be at their worse, that everything happens for a reason, and you shouldn't give up! Here is her storey.

Hi Cheri, In January of this year I finally got the nerve to contact you. I had heard about your predictions on one of the web communities I frequent, but I was always a little skeptical that a reading would work for me. However, I bit the bullet, so to speak, and reached out to you for help and some inspiration. You had told me December, boy, and the reading hit home. I had just miscarried a baby (my first attempt at ivf) at the start of the month which was conceived in December. Plus, the only dream I had had about that pregnancy was that the baby was a little boy. From that point on, I was a believer. Again I wrote to you asking what you saw in my future. I so needed something to look forward to, hope for, and you told me March, girl, and gave the most wonderful prediction of a child for which I could have ever asked. She was the perfect blend of my husband and I. You nailed what I invisioned of our child. I was so excited when again I got that positive hpt (after ivf #2) because I just knew that things were finally going our way and we would be blessed with our little baby. And a girl to boot! I was over the moon! Sadly, again I miscarried. I reached a new level of dispair and reached out to you once again for support. You were so sweet and caring, consoling me about my loses, and you gave me that hope I was so desperately needing. May, girl, same child as the previous prediction, was your reading. Could I go through it again? Could I put myself through the joy of a pregnancy and the heartache of a miscarriage once again? I wanted to believe that May would be the month, so once again we embarked on another ivf cycle. We were blessed! I was pregnant, it stuck, and it was twins! I was completely surprised that Cheri's prediction of a girl wasn't to be, but I was so happy to finally be on the road to two children! On October 27, 2007, I gave birth to my sons, Shawn and Jason. They were born at 28 weeks and 3 days. It was a difficult pregnancy, to say the least, but the boys are getting stronger each and every day. They will stay in the NICU for some time to come...but I am happy they are here! I am blessed, and I want to thank you for all of your kindness and the hope you gave me during one of the most difficult times in my life. I can't tell you how much it meant to have something positive to focus on during all of the fertility treatments and disappointments. This month marks three years since we began our journey to have a child. I had thought it would be so easy...isn't that what they tell us? I don't know why things were as challenging as they were for us, but I do know that my relationship with my husband is stronger than it has ever been. In reality, the struggle pales when I think of our little boys. Thanks again for everything. I really do appreciate all that you said in your emails. It helped me more than you could ever know! Stacie P.S. You predicted May, girl, again for my next baby. I sure hope that happens, too!

Lets talk about strengthening the gifts you already have

I know some women and men are already aware of the gifts that they have, and some are just not strong enough, or perhaps now "dormat" from not being used.

The BEST way to increase or strengthen your gifts is to actually just start using them, practising. If your new to using your abilities the best thing to do is look online at the different types of psychic abilities and find which one interests you. You will naturally feel drawn to one particular form of ability and should start there.

When first opening up yourself to these abilities, please except headaches, nausea, and stomach aches. These are perfectly normal and to be expected and can last a few days to a few weeks. Dont panic!

What I have done, is located a site that I have copied/pasted from that I found to be very interesting, and perhaps able to explain it a bit better than what I could. It also links a few different types of abilities and will perhaps give everyone a better understanding of the different ones and give you an idea of which direction to head into.

Animal Telepathy - The ability to communicate with (but not command or influence) various kinds of creatures. Think "pet psychic".

Astral Projection - The ability to leave one's body and travel in spirit to another location.

Aura Reading - The ability to see the energy fields that emanate from living beings. Psychic ability can often reveal itself throught the seeing of auras.

Automatic Writing - Writing through the subconscious mind without conscious thought, or through the guidance of an outside intelligence.

Channeling - Associated with mediums, this is the ability to act as a channel or vessel for an outside intelligence.

Clairaudience - Put simply, this type of ability is used to hear what is "inaudible". For example, someone with this ability could be a thousand miles way and "hear" a loved one's cry of distress.

Clairvoyance - Usually confused with Precognition, this ability actually has much more in common with "Remote Viewing", True clairvoyance is not the abilitly to see into the future, but the psychic ability to see visions of that which is hidden or far away.

Clairsentience - In this instance the psychic has an insight or "knowing" of and a hidden or forgotten fact.

Divination - A broad term that includes fortune telling, precognition, prophesy, and other methods used in an effort to predict the future.

Dowsing - Also known as "water witching", dowsing involves the use of a rod, sticks, or pendulum to locate water or lost objects.

Empathy - The talent to sense the needs, drives, and emotions of another. As with Aura Reading, psychic ability can often reveal itself through the development of empathy.

E.S.P. - Extra Sensory Perception is the awareness of information about events external to the psychic that are not gained through the senses and not deducible from previous experience. Often used to describe clairvoyance, precognition, telepathy, etc...

Intuition - Similar to clairsentience, this is the power or faculty of attaining direct knowledge or cognition without rational thought or inference.

Levitation - The ability to cause one's body to hover off the ground. One of the more well-documented cases of levitation involved St. Theresa of Avila during the 16th century.

Mind Over Body - Suppressing or mentally satisfying the need for water, food, or sleep. There is some debate over whether this is actually a psychic ability since many of those who are associated with this trait (monks, yogis, mystics, etc...) are not generally called "psychics".

Precognition - Quite simply, "knowing the future". However, since time is a dynamic construct, no one psychic can ever know every detail about the future. Usually this ability refers to knowing general outcomes of specific courses of action, with occasional flashes of detailed insight.

Psychometry - Also known as "object reading", psychometry enables a psychic to pick up on psychic impressions (vibrations) left on an object by someone connected with it. Someone with this ability could use an unfamiliar object to reveal much about its owner.

Pyrokinesis - The ability to start fires with one's mind.

Telekinesis - Also known as psychokinesis, the ability to move objects with one's mind.

Telepathy - The ability to communicate mind-to-mind with another.

Note: In assembling this list of types of psychic abilities I have tried to include only those abilities which are of a true psychic nature. Precognition for example, is on the list, but "scrying" is not, as this is simply a method of precognition. Astrology and palmistry, for example are not on the list as these are subjects that can be learned, and do not require psychic ability. Similiarly, areas of magical study are also not on the list because I feel they have very little to do with innate psychic ability. This includes things like necromancy, arithromancy, and pretty much every other "mancy" one can name. Besides, if I listed one, I would have to list them all, and when you think about it, how many people really want to know about tyromancy (divination through moldy cheese)?

In regards to my sister, no news yet to report! Shes been "gelled" so we are just waiting to find out when the baby comes! last time I talked to her she was having small "cramps" so hopefully this is a good sign and that I get a phone call either the middle of the night or the morning to come and see my nephew being born! Send her labor vibes!

Open blog night?

Well, I am thinking of trying something new, and doing it on THURSDAYS. It will be this day that I post something that is important to everyone.

On Tuesdays I will ask for suggestions. What you want to know more about. Do you have specific questions you want answered, how to strenghten your gifts, connecting with loved ones....etc. This can be about ANYTHING you have questions about, I will try and answer quick questions in the comment section (so post your questions there and check for a response) and on Thursdays will cover specific topics that were brought up in the comment section on Tueday.

So perhaps one time will cover how to read aura's and open your mind, others to strengthen your gift, some to give you experience and stories...anything your intersted in.

What this is "not" is for readings, if you have a personal question your hoping to have answered, if its not something you want the "blog readers' to know, lets keep it to email (cheri22@gmail.com)

This is about generic question, what ifs, world questions, anything fun, does not matter.. have a question about me? Sure.. anything pretty much is game.

An update about my sister, well, she is home from the hospital, the midwife gave her the "cocktail" to try and induce labor (her EDD is november 18) and the hospital has her on the induction list for tomorrow. Due to the pain in her kidney's they definatley want to induce rather than wait. They figure it they wait, her pain will be more, and she wont be in any condition to give birth! So hopefully in the next day or so I should be able to update with pictures of my new little nephew!!!