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High-risk Pregnancies
Why Dads are a Crucial Part of the Support
By Teri Brown
"We have solid science on the stress chemicals that are released when a person is stressed," says Dr. Hall. "Considering this, one of the essential foundational elements at the beginning of the pregnancy is grounding this stressful time in relaxation practices. Adhering to regular stress reduction practices is critical for the mother, baby and partner."
Dr. Hall gives the following tips to help reduce the stress a high-risk pregnancy can cause:
- Teamwork: Make it clear that you both will practice stress-reduction practices together as a team. This will keep both of you on the same page and both less stressed for the duration. These stress-reduction practices will also create intimacy in your relationship because you create calm, balance and serenity.
- Community: This is an essential time for group support and there's good research showing being social changes the effect of stress on the body and mind.
- Exercise: Even if you are on bed rest you can do some simple yoga stretches in the bed or in a chair. Purchase or rent a bed top or chair yoga tape or CD and learn simple, gentle relaxing stretches to relieve stress, release relaxing chemicals into the body and create calm in the mind and body. But be sure to check with your doctor first!
- Food: Food is medicine. Food is healing. Food can reduce stress and create calm and healing in the body and mind. Certain foods create serotonin, a calming and healing chemical in the body. Vitamin B6 creates serotonin in foods such as bananas, tuna, sweet potatoes, sunflower seeds, salmon, turkey, chicken, rice and barley.
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