What should you do to have a happy pregnancy? Many things you could
do, but what most pregnant women rarely do is having a vacation. Get a
life and try to relax a little bit. Or take an extended weekend just
to refresh and recharge your batteries.
Downtime is very important, and in a world where nearly all of us are
tied to cell phones and lap tops, even away from the office, it is
good to get away from it all from time to time. Having time to walk
along the beach or play golf or even to stay inside and read a great
book without interruptions can help us recharge our batteries.
When the baby comes, your number one job is to be Mom. So, you will
not have much time for yourself, at least not in the beginning when
the baby depends on you for everything. Capitalize on those spare
moments of highly valued free time now.
When you are refreshed, you are more effective and productive anyway.
You will also be easier to get along with, and it will be easier for
you to deal with others (even the difficult ones!).
You are not a slacker for needing time off. Enjoy spending time with
your spouse, too, in these nine months, since the second the baby
arrives, it will become the number one priority for both of you. Even
so, do not let your relationship with your spouse become a low
priority. Otherwise, you may look up five or ten years from now and
realize you no longer know the man who fathered your baby.
Keep romance alive. Go on regular, standing dates, even it they are on
Tuesday nights. Leave the baby with a sitter and enjoy some adult time
away from Blue's Clues and Dora the Explorer. It is important to
realize that as much as you are a mother, you are also a wife. And you
need to build a life for yourself so that when baby grows up, you
still have meaningful things and people around you.
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