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A Happy Pregnancy
Getting a Jump Start on a Pleasant Parenthood
By Teri Brown
Dr. Lynn Waelde is a licensed clinical psychologist who works with Inner Resources, a meditation intervention that helps people deal with the effects of stress. She believes that meditation is an effective way to achieve contentment while pregnant.
"Meditation techniques offer a way to let go of the tensions and stresses of life and be open to more joy," says Dr. Waelde. "A fundamental fact about pregnancy is that much of it is out of our control. Nature takes its own course and we can only try to harmonize with the powerful forces that are at work within us. Meditation can help us let go of the stressors and tensions that are a part of life and open up to the relaxation and joy that already exist inside of each person."
Achieving a contented pregnancy despite the worries inherent to giving birth is very possible. With conscious thought and effort, a pregnancy filled with contentment can become a motherhood filled with joy and possibility.
Dr. Kathleen Hall, an expert in stress management and author of Alter Your Life (Oak Haven, 2003), offers the following tips to help you have a contented pregnancy:
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