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Before I got pregnant with my daughter Annabell, I had a passionate, carefree and exciting marriage.
My husband and I went out on date nights during the week, partied with friends on the weekends, and spent Sunday’s doing what Sunday’s were created for, sleeping in.
And then I became a mom and it changed everything, including our relationship.
During postpartum, I wasn’t sleeping, had no energy and didn’t feel physically attractive or emotionally available. All of my attention went to my daughter which meant that everything else like my health and marriage went on the back burner.
As a result, I became stressed and overwhelmed and began taking out my frustration on my husband. Within just a few months into parenthood our romance faded, our communication stopped and our sex life was nonexistent.
Knowing that this was a recipe for disaster, I started looking for tools that would help me feel better about myself so I could show up as the partner and person I wished to be.
In my research, one thing kept popping up time and time again for managing my stress – meditation. Although I was hesitant about meditation because I had never tried it before, the benefits and science behind it were difficult to ignore; reduced stress, better sleep and a greater sense of happiness.
Desperate to find some calm, I decided to meditate everyday for 30 days to see if I noticed any change in my behavior.
To my surprise, after just a few days of meditating I began sleeping better, had more energy and in turn started feeling like myself again. The more I meditated, the happier I felt and that joy immediately spilled over into my relationship with my husband. Within a week or two after I started meditating we were laughing more, communicating openly and having sex again.
Through meditation I was able to find myself again and in turn, my husband again.
Although, there are numerous meditation apps you can try, I chose Expectful because their meditations are made specifically for women who are preparing to conceive, pregnant and new moms. Their motherhood meditations really spoke to the emotional side of what I was going through as a new parent and allowed me to find ease and calm in this time in my life.
If you’re interested in giving your partner the gift of happiness and helping her feel more grounded during motherhood, click here.
Are you preparing to conceive, pregnant, or new to motherhood?
Expectful is guided meditation for hopeful, expectant and new moms.
Each one of our guided programs is based on research that illustrates the benefits for your fertility, pregnancy, and motherhood journey. Practice online, when you want, wherever you are, in just 10 minutes a day to improve your fertility and give your baby the best start in life. Go to Expectful.com and sign up for your free trial.
We understand that growing your family while having a healthy and happy pregnancy and baby is probably a top priority for you right now.
We created Expectful to help you harness the power of your mind to have a healthy, happy pregnancy and baby.
All of our meditation content is based on interviews with many soon-to-be and new parents just like you, and is created with the help of licensed psychologists, hypnotherapists, and meditation experts. You can practice in just 5 minutes a day.