What is Prenatal Memory?
The word Prenatal Memory mainly refers to the memories of the prenatal life shared by children and adults.
According to research conducted in Japan, children remember their birth, shortly after birth, even the time before birth, and amazingly prior to conception.
The word Prenatal Memory mainly refers to the memories of the prenatal life shared by children and adults. However, the research undergone in Japan took a very unique path. For the last 20 years, the concept of Prenatal Memory has been evolved and defined into several categories. According to the definition provided by the Prenatal Memory Education Association (PREMEA Japan), there are 8 categories of these Memories:
- Memory of choosing one’s parents, prior to being conceived
- Memory of being conceived
- Memory from the time in the womb
- Memory of being born
- Memory of the time from birth to toddlerhood
- Memory of Life-Between-Life
- Memory of a Past Life
- Compound Memory: any combination of the previously quoted memories
SOURCE: PREMEA Basic course” textbook-Chapter 2, (1) What is Prenatal Memory? Page #20.
In all, Prenatal Memory is not limited to the prenatal period but also includes the time before and after being in the mother’s womb, sometimes even beyond the physical existence such as the time prior to conception.
Japanese Prenatal Memory researchers such as Dr. Akira Ikegawa and Dr. Masayuki Ohkado are challenging us to rediscover our sentient consciousness that originates back to a time before birth.
Ikegawa conducted research started for mothers with children 1 to 6 years old, from 2002 to 2003 in all nursery schools (17 facilities) and kindergartens (2 facilities) of Suwa-city and all nursery schools (19 facilities) in Shiojiri-city. He distributed 3601 questionnaires consisting of 85 questions such as:
- The mother’s and their child’s age
- Sex of the child
- Contents of memory
- Situation at the delivery
- If parents had a memory from their own birth etc.,
According to Ikegawa’s data, the first confirmed cases of children’s age are starting from ages 0 to 1, and the number dramatically increases around 2 to 3, and peaks at 3 to 4 years old who are recalling their memories of their time from conception to pregnancy.
