Pregnancy is an incredibly important time of a woman’s life. It’s easy to feel like you’ve got to be “perfect” and do everything “exactly right” during those nine months. As an expectant mom, you can feel significant pressure from others, from the resources you consult, and even from yourself. How do you release that pressure and…
Many pregnant women worry about how labor and delivery will be and how THEY will be during that labor and delivery. It can seem like an intense situation where it’ll be easy for you to be thrown off of “your game.” I ask women: What strengths might you be able to leverage during your pregnancy?…
Nichi Hirsh Kuechle of My Healthy Beginning interviews me (Amy Riley of Loving the Pregnant You) about the importance of nourishing yourself during pregnancy. The video is under 9 minutes and you’ll hear why you want to nourish yourself; ideas about how to best care for yourself; and the tangible, observable benefits of creating good nourishing…
Taking great care of yourself and asking for support are really nice capacities to develop while you’re pregnant. After your child is born and as he’s growing, you’ll be called upon to tend for him in new and ever-changing ways. If we all could learn in pregnancy to treat ourselves really well, then we’d help…
Pregnancy is a great excuse to finally take good care of yourself! For some of us, and in this day and age where we women wear many hats, this is long overdue. Pregnancy is an excellent opportunity to consider not only the traditional ways to nourish yourself – get rest, be active, eat well –…
Mommies with a career, I want to make sure you know about Career Girl Network (CGN). CGN provides a TON of resources to give women clear paths to career success and a large network of women to nurture, mentor, and support their goals. And, CGN has a special feature called “Hey There, Career Girl!” in…
Elburn native – that’s me! – authors pregnancy book. Read why a woman who was super-cynical about pregnancy – that’s me! – would end up writing about loving the pregnant you. Read the article written by Cheryl Borrowdale for the Elburn Herald here: “Elburn Native Authors Pregnancy Book“ Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
After identifying what they know they want for their delivery process and making concrete decisions, some women have found it amazingly helpful to generally prepare for an experience in which there are known factors and unknown factors. This might involve preparations such as meditation, visualization, or exercising to strengthen their bodies. How do you prepare…
I wrote this book because I wish there had been one like it at the time that I was newly pregnant, and maybe even before I was pregnant. Back when my husband and I were deciding if and when to have kids, I was highly reluctant and cynical about my ability to “do pregnancy well.”…
Okay! I say it all the time: Women – Moms in particular – do NOT acknowledge themselves enough. We are, too often, focused on what we’re not quite handling exactly the way we want… how we’re not quite measuring up to the Mom next door… how we’re supposed to be taking care of everyone else……
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When you’re expecting, new questions and concerns flood your mind and heart every day. It can be overwhelming! The amount and variety of advice “out there” is daunting.
How are you going to it weed through it all and discover how you want to approach the different aspects of pregnancy?
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