When we feel like we don’t have control over our emotions, regulating our bodies is a nice place to start in gaining control of how we feel. Our bodies are a good indicator for how we are feeling even before we may be able to name the emotion. For instance, I tend to hold a lot of tension in my shoulders and jaw and sometimes it takes me realizing I have tension in my body before the lightbulb goes on and tells me “you are stressed”.

Let’s start with how our bodies respond to situations or challenges and then we will discuss what to do to regulate our bodies.

Whether you are a working mom or not, our daily life experience impacts our well being. There are many complex differences in mothers across social, cultural, and religious variability.

STAY AT HOME OR GO TO WORK

This is typically an individual decision based on a number of factors 1 or 2 income household, career desire, financial needs, age of children in the home, work availability, support of partner, passion for work and health, etc.

I heard this information today and I wanted to share it with you. Giving birth, especially the first time can be stressful because you don’t 100% know what to expect or how your body and baby are going to respond when labor begins. This is also true with subsequent births because no birth experience is the same. 

But, right now in light of world events, giving birth in a hospital or birth center looks different. There are added precautions and PPE policies in place. Along with, the limited number of visitors you can have present.