{"id":5673,"date":"2020-04-14T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T00:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/?p=5673"},"modified":"2020-04-14T00:00:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T00:00:37","slug":"pregnant-during-a-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/2020\/04\/14\/pregnant-during-a-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant during a Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Pregnancy journey can certainly feel like a roller coaster of emotions and physical changes at the best of times.\u00a0 With a pandemic, it can be even more of a roller coaster.<\/p>\n

A quick google search will show you a plethora of information on pregnancy and parenting already available.\u00a0 Right now, you probably have so many questions with options and information to digest.\u00a0 Where to start!!!<\/p>\n

Whilst our clinic has been \u201cpaused\u201d for over two weeks now, we haven\u2019t stopped our passion for supporting mum\u2019s during pregnancy, into motherhood and beyond.<\/p>\n

One of our beautiful preggie mums, Sye, is like so many women travelling the journey of pregnancy during this pandemic.\u00a0 Sye shares with us below real emotions and heartwarming humour, how she is coping during these unprecedented times.<\/p>\n

Following on from Sye\u2019s beautiful, creative words are our tips and thoughts on where to find your support right now.<\/p>\n

We know you will all resonate with this today …<\/p>\n

I’m sure this is Karma for endlessly complaining about how tough I find pregnancy to be.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, that’s right folks. The Pandemic is all my fault…my bad.<\/em><\/p>\n

I feel like Homer Simpson in Ep 5 S7, when Lisa takes off with his pig on the spit. With Homer chasing his prized pork, he’s positively desperate whilst clinging onto hope. If you don’t know what I’m referring to please find time to watch it. LOL, find time… <\/em><\/p>\n

My mantra so far has been, “It’s still good, it’s still good!”. <\/em><\/p>\n

While I’m surviving and have so much to be grateful for, this little pig has had to stay at home instead of going to a market…not a “wet market”, I mean a fun market with churros and temporary tattoos.<\/em><\/p>\n

I digress… Whilst waddling between hope and self pity for the past few weeks, I’ve realised that I value myself on what I “do”, rather than who I “am”. Maybe I’m a bit slow, but I just found out there’s a difference.<\/em><\/p>\n

Like most of you, I’ve been nodding along to all the “Now’s the time to be productive and tackle all those tasks you haven’t had time for!”, posts. Which has left me feeling overwhelmed, useless, and guilty because I just…Don’t. Want. To. <\/em><\/p>\n

That being said, What I’ve unknowingly been focused on is my mental health, my children’s, and my (most amazing) partners mental health. My kids are amazing too but they’re really annoying.<\/em><\/p>\n

Unless you are 120 years old, these are uncharted waters. We all need to cut ourselves some slack and focus our time and energy on what needs to be done to survive, and keep smiling. This will look different for every one of us, as we all have our own individual challenges. Just be kind to yourself, and speak up!<\/em><\/p>\n

If you have any leftover energy, reach out to someone that has been oddly quiet. They are often the ones struggling the most. Sending love to you all from my head to my (fat) toes. \ud83d\udc97\u00a0<\/em>Thanks beautiful Sye \ud83d\ude18<\/em>\"\"<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Coping in uncertainty<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Finding coping strategies is so important for both yourself, your partner, and children.\u00a0 Mama, you need to keep filling your cup up to pour out to other cups (your baby, children and partner).<\/p>\n

Some self-care tips that can help are:<\/p>\n