Stress Relief
Modern day lifestyles are very stressful, often to the point that your health is severely affected. You should be very careful about managing stress during your pregnancy – your body is already going to be under pressure and you are going to be a bit emotional at times anyway. We’ve listed several techniques below that will help relieve the sense that life is getting out of control. Asses your lifestyle: Take a piece of paper and write down all your current time obligations: work activities, home and family responsibilities, other obligations (church, community activities, clubs and organizations to which you…
Pregnancy Stress Busters
Relieve Stress During Pregnancy No matter how organized or prepared you may think you are, no matter how good your systems are, or how friendly your work and living environments may be, stress can, and WILL, find it's way to rear it's ugly head at some point. When this happens, what can you do? Turn to a convenient stress buster – a small, yet simple activity that clears your head and calms you down. When you feel a stress attack coming on, that’s the perfect time to turn to one of these busters and kick that stress out the door.…
Post Partum Depression
Unfortunately for some, having a healthy baby simply doesn’t bring the joy we all assume that new mothers will automatically feel. It is also completely out of their control and not something which they choose to feel, or plan to feel. The particular symptom we are referring to is Post Partum Depression. Approximately 80% of women will experience what is commonly referred to as the "baby blues" after giving birth, yet only one out of every eight-ten will experience a more severe form of the baby blues known as post partum depression. What is the difference between Post Partum Depression…