The Most Important Baby Prep Info No One Talks About
Pregnancy and motherhood can be terrifying, and there's actually plenty to fear because there are very real risks.
BUT you don't have to allow these fears to consume you. You can learn to manage the anxiety and tolerate the distress that arises when you find yourself worrying about the unknown.
Parenthood is full of adventures in weighing risk vs. benefits, and that, my friend, is something worth preparing for.
Can You Really Prepare for Parenthood?
Can you really prepare for parenthood? Yes and no. You certainly can’t prepare for everything, but you can prepare your coping toolbox for dealing with all the inevitable surprises.
Motherhood Is Hard! You Don’t Have to Love It All The Time
One of my favorite ways to support women is to allow a safe place to be completely honest about how overwhelming and difficult life is when you are a mother. It’s very important to acknowledge how things really are. Not as a competition or in a judgmental way. Not in a positive or negative / good or bad way. And not to feed into more negativity. Just talking about it truthfully because the truth matters, and I think it’s helpful to look at things rationally (i.e. This and that, not either/or.)