#pregancytips

Nowadays there is an increase in the percentage of people undergoing Ivf Treatment. This is due to the modern lifestyle  which is followed in day to day today life. Especially the food habits we adopted today exposed our body more to fast food.

Preparing for Pregnancy with Your Spouse

There is no doubt that having a baby will rock your world. Life as you know it changes in almost every way. This new way of life can sometimes be hard on marriages, but the good thing is, it doesn’t have to be! After having two babies, here are some tips we learned along the way that significantly helped our marriage through pregnancy and postpartum. 

Prepare for Extreme Exhaustion

There’s exhaustion from day day-to-day life, there’s exhaustion from running a marathon, and then there is pregnancy exhaustion— which trumps all the other forms of exhaustion! No one can relate to pregnancy exhaustion until you’ve been pregnant. It’s the type of exhaustion that makes walking over to the sink to get a glass of water seem like an impossible chore. This type of exhaustion typically hits you in your first and third trimester, but you can have a couple days in your second trimester when you feel this way too. The best thing you can do is plan for it. Your body is on over-drive making a baby so allow yourself to rest and be sure to communicate with your spouse how you’re feeling.

Prepare for Hormones

Ahh, hormones. We love them and we hate them. If this is your first time being pregnant, you’ll quickly learn that PMS has nothing on pregnancy hormones. With that being said, we have to learn how to manage them. Most of us know when we are being hormonal, so the key is to recognize how you are feeling and call it out. “I’m being hormonal and extra sensitive, how can I respond differently in this situation?” Calling it out can give you a whole new perspective on the situation and offer you a new way to manage how you are feeling. 

Communicate, Communicate, Communicate 

Communicating with your spouse is always important, but with the many ups and downs of pregnancy, it is more important than ever to communicate well.  Saying things like, “I’m sorry— I’m really, really tired and didn’t mean to respond like that.” Or, “My hormones are on overdrive today and it seems like every little thing is driving me crazy.” Or, “My hormones are SO intense today and I am being overly emotional. Can you sit down and talk this situation over with me to help me so I can think about it rationally?” These have been real statements in our household and I’m not embarrassed about it, I’m actually proud because it helped us SO much!

Pray Together 

Praying together is SO powerful! I recommend praying for:

Wisdom in this new chapter of life

Patience, understanding, and grace with each other

Oneness in this pregnancy

Pray that you feel great and stay positive until the end of your pregnancy

Pray for the transition into motherhood

Pray for your husband transition into fatherhood, which is different in many ways from a mother’s transition

Pray that your baby sleeps well and that Momma will be rested

Pray for your great labor and delivery & healthy baby

Pray for your quick healing postpartum

Everyday won’t be perfect, but prayer has the ability to drastically change things for the BETTER!

I’m excited for you in this new chapter of your life! I hope these tips & prayers empower you to have a great pregnancy and postpartum time with your husband!

XO,