July 2019 Moms
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Calm Mama Checkin - Week of 11/12
mamanbebe
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This is a place to seek and offer support amongst other women on this journey. Feel free to discuss different tactics for calming your nerves with meditation, yoga, gentle exercise or other helpful practices. If you feel you need to share some pertinent personal information that could be stressful or triggering for other women, please note with a *TW explanation* and Spoiler (select text, click paragraph button and select 'spoiler').
How are you doing this week?
What have you been practicing to ease your stress/anxiety?
What are your goals for next week?
Questions/comments/concerns?
How are you doing this week?
What have you been practicing to ease your stress/anxiety?
What are your goals for next week?
Questions/comments/concerns?
Re: Calm Mama Checkin - Week of 11/12
What have you been practicing to ease your stress/anxiety? I've meditated and have been working on taking moments to focus on breath work. I read a new card in my Motherhood deck that talks about finding serenity and it felt true to where I need to be headed right now. I've also started doing some exercises at home and plan on doing a short session of yoga this morning.
What are your goals for next week? Daily exercise, getting out and walking at least once per day, meditating daily, 5-10 min of yoga and signing up for a prenatal yoga class.
Questions/comments/concerns? My new Oura Ring arrived and it's been insightful to see how my sleep and activity progress so far. It will be good motivation to get up and move, esp when the app nudges me to do so.
What have you been practicing to ease your stress/anxiety? I've journaled everyday and exercised twice last week. Also focusing on setting some goals for next year!
What are your goals for next week? Exercise everyday, even if it's just a quick 10 minute walk. Pick a meditation app to download. I think a few were mentioned in last week's thread, I need to go back and check them out!
Questions/comments/concerns? Even though we have told some close friends, we haven't told our family yet and it's making me anxious. I really want to tell our oldest son, before we tell the rest of the family, but I know he will tell everyone lol. I'm afraid to tell him too early though and then have something happen. I'm hoping after our ultrasound the first week of December, I'll feel a bit more comfortable in telling him. I can't wait to see his reaction!
What have you been practicing to ease your stress/anxiety? Walking my dogs!!! Seriously my biggest stress relief. Also drinking herbal tea (my favorite is Tazo Passion!)
What are your goals for next week? Visiting my family for Thanksgiving!!!!! First time I've been home for Thanksgiving in 10 years
On coffee, I quit it earlier this year but drink an occasional matcha latte, which isn't necessarily any better. I think the issue is that it can cause inflammation in your digestive track which makes it harder to break down nutrients from your food.
What have you been practicing to ease your stress/anxiety? Working to keep myself from clinging to petty feelings. Super hormonal and getting upset really easily, which makes me cry, which increases my anxiety. So working to take a deep breathe, focus on the fights I want to actually win, and just keep my head low for everything else.
What are your goals for next week? To not eat my feelings. I stress eat in addition to remembering that eating was the only thing that kept nausea at bay my last pregnancy. Distract myself with doing something for me, be it reading, painting, watching a show. I know I really need to get good about carving out time for myself.
Questions/comments/concerns? Trying to gauge if/when I should consider going back to therapy. I was super zen last pregnancy right up until I had the baby and my emotional stability tanked. Therapy helped, but the meds helped more. Still not 100%. So trying to figure out what I want my game plan to be should we get there during the pregnancy and/or after. Is anyone else discussing their mental wellness game plan with their doctors? Or planning to?