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Being a Laid-back Mama

Beating Stress Is Good for Expectant Moms

By Katerie Prior

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And don't forget to support your support network, too. You should also make time for your partner, family and friends. With your partner, do something you both love to do, such as having a romantic dinner or going to see a movie.

If you're still busy, have your family or friends go shopping with you to pick out things for the baby or join you on a walk. Though she was confined to bed rest, Weaver took an evening to go over to a friend's house to spend time with her old co-workers. "We all sat in chairs around a table and talked," she says. "It was really nice to get out of the house and see them all again."

Being a Laid-back Mama-Beating Stress Is Good for Expectant Moms

Focus on the Future
If stress persists in your life, focus on the future. When she was pregnant with her first child, Rachel Goodchild learned that she had a heart condition. Her doctor warned her there was a possibility that she might die during delivery. Both Goodchild and her husband were floored.

Goodchild, an educator and author, pushed all the bad news aside and thought about her baby. She saw herself rocking the baby to sleep, waking up in the night and changing diapers. "I focused on the baby and a more positive future," she says. "I enlisted the support of friends and family and took as much time as I could to read, relax, enjoy life and enjoy my pregnancy."

Although Goodchild recalls the delivery as being quite traumatic, she and her baby were fine. "I have a very laid-back baby," she says. While Goodchild also recommends eating well and exercising as good ways to beat stress, "I think the key is to focus on the future as positively as you can," she says.


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