Before I found out I was pregnant I had pictured in my mind what it would be like… My life would stand still. Nothing else would quite matter the same way it did before every again. My major worries would melt away and I’d just focus on my growing baby.
Well, it sorta started that way. Excitement of our great news took over our minds, but life went on. I still go to work, still have the same responsibilities, same worries… And then some. But add on the tasks of preparing to be a good mother and doing what I can to take care of my little Spawnie now.
I have always been an emotional person but since becoming pregnant my feelings have been magnified by hormones. So my good days feel extra good, which is nice… But the bad days feel extra bad, and although in my mind I can tell myself the snark remark someone said to me shouldn’t be taken so seriously, I can’t keep my mind off of it, and usually can’t keep from crying.
My body is changing, my mind and emotions are going through changes, and my life is changing. I want so badly to be a good mother and sometimes I worry I’ll forget to do something now that could really help me later. I try to hard to be prepared but sometimes the thought of how much I could do, or how I’m falling short makes me feel inadaquet.
I’m doing my best to handle it all but sometimes it feels overwhelming. One thing I keep telling myself though is to enjoy the present while preparing for the future, and that I’m too blessed to be stressed, but sometimes those chants don’t fully sink into my brain.
Maybe it wouldn’t hurt to have a relaxing prenatal massage my next day off cause I could really use it!
Did you ever feel overwhelmed before becoming a mother? Know of other stress relieving techniques?
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