Guide to Self-Care for Pregnancy and Beyond

<p>Self-care is taking action to preserve or improve your physical and mental health. If there is any time during your life when self-care is crucial, it is during your pregnancy. Your body is working incredibly hard right now, and you are going through a significant transformation in your life. Now is the perfect time in your life to make self-care a priority for two main reasons. First, you have more free time now than you will in the foreseeable future, which makes prioritizing yourself now easier. Secondly, making this a habit during pregnancy allows you to continue and build on your self-care practice later when you have more time and energy constraints as a parent. The goal of this episode is to get you to rethink self-care, learn how to make self-care a habit during pregnancy, and build a healthy practice of caring for your physical and mental health as a parent. </p> <p> </p> <p>Thank you to our sponsors</p> <p> </p> <p>Zahler goes above and beyond to use high-quality bioavailable ingredients like the active form of folate, bioavailable iron, and omega 3s. Save <a href="http://amzn.to/2tFOBgb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">40% off the Zahler Prenatal +DHA on Amazon</a> with the code PREPOD40 until January 31, 2023. Email your order number to <a href= "mailto:vanessa@pregnancypodcast.com">vanessa@pregnancypodcast.com</a> to get a free copy of the Your Birth Plan book, a step-by-step guide to creating your birth plan. You can always see the current promo code for the Zahler prenatal vitamin by <a href= "https://pregnancypodcast.com/vitamin/">clicking here</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>10% off <a href="http://www.epicwill.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Epic Will</a> with the code PREGNANCYPODCAST. Epic Will is an inexpensive and easy way to ensure your family is protected. Get the building blocks of an early estate plan, including a last will and testament, healthcare power of attorney, an advance directive, and a financial power of attorney. I know we don't want to think about not being there for our kids. S