What was...
For so long now, we have given little thought to the time before conception of our children. Creating new life is more often than not "an accident", an unintended consequence of sexual desire played out to its ultimate conclusion.
So for the most part, we are currently a race of accidental beings brought here with little planning, forethought, or visualization.
What can be now...
A couple wishing to create new life spends time talking about their child. The visualize the space of love they will create for the child, and imagine the life they wish for him/her. They welcome their child in spirit long before he/she enters our world at the moment of conception.
Prior to the act of conception both parties refrain from sexual activity for a time. This is to build up life force energy for the creation of new life. They perform purification rites to cleanse body, mind and spirit. This is a process that must be felt rather than intellectualized.