When you’re in your later stages of pregnancy, everyone automatically knows about something special going on in your life…your pregnancy! It’s pretty obvious. And, I thought that was nice. People commented on it, you got to talk about yourself and your baby, what was going on, what you were looking forward to. It was a…
It was the second night in the hospital after my daughter, my eldest, was born. My husband had spent the night in the hospital the first night of her life and the second night, I sent him home to get a good night’s rest. He had just left and they were taking my daughter to…
Jake was “due” 3 days ago. It’s only 3 days and it feels like so much longer. Right now – and I don’t want to admit it – I feel sadness. I feel so many other emotions – overwhelm about the unknown of have 2 kids outside the womb, anxiety about how the birth process…
The book – Expect the Best while You’re Expecting – will suggest to expectant mothers that they pay attention to their thoughts and feelings as they make choices around their pregnancy and childbirth. This is asking women to listen to their head and their heart. How does that work? Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
There are increasingly more options out there for women who want to intentionally choose the type of people who will support her during her pregnancy and childbirth. The initial options that come to mind include a doctor, a midwife, a doula and a birth partner. And, there’s an infinite number of ways that you can…
When it comes to the choices that we make around pregnancy and child birth, we are talking about choices that are very personal to the women and partners that make them. Often people are extremely passionate about their choices and why they’ve made them. I’ve spoken with women who have felt judged simply because they…
As you begin to look forward to your pregnancy, I encourage you to expect the best. Do uncomfortable, unwanted things happen during women’s pregnancies? Certainly. Yet, if we focus on those uncomfortable and unwanted potential aspects of the experience, that is what we will attract. Expect the best and even when the unexpected or undesirable…
It seems that people feel some sort of amazing freedom or audacity – I don’t know what it is – to say what they’d like to the pregnant women in their life. They provide unsolicited advice and simply say whatever occurs to them in the moment to say. It often doesn’t seem like there’s any…
When we become pregnant for the second time, we know all that we know about our first pregnancy. We know how we felt about certain things, how we dealt with any concerns we had, what excited us, what we focused on, how it felt to be pregnant and how it was to deliver a baby. We know what…
I’m interested in transforming the conversation about pregnancy — from complaints and what’s wrong — to expecting the best, creating what you want and being present to the miracle! As humans, it’s easy for us to fall into automatic patterns of conversation. Some of the automatic patterned conversations that I hear about pregnancy include: When…
shares stories from a variety of women with different circumstances, and their approaches to pregnancy, to help readers find inspiration and ideas that will uniquely work for them.
“Presents an empowering way to approach your pregnancy...”
Sign up here for a weekly newsletter with empowering tips to help you make the most of your pregnancy.
“I ALWAYS walk away with thought (or action) provoking insight…”
A 6-week program to unlock the confident and empowered pregnant you!
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?
With 6 Keys to Loving the Pregnant You, you will discover the pregnant person you most want to be!
Along with being an Author and
Pregnancy Coach, Amy L. Riley
is also a Certified Facilitator.
Invite Amy to speak at your Mom’s Group, parent-focused event, or company.
Amy will work with your organization to customize her presentation so it is highly relevant and engaging, enabling the attendees to walk away with tangible, actionable ideas.
