Does your maternity team support how you want to feel?

Every Mother Counts created a short film, “Every Mile, Every Mother” that explores long distance running as a metaphor for birth. As the runners run a relay, they work together as a team to accomplish their task of conquering the miles ahead of them.

Just like a pregnant woman needs a team to accomplish her beautiful task of pregnancy and bringing her child(ren) into the world. Her team members should be people that support ALL areas of her life, not just one or two. Pregnant women need more than their doctor/midwife and partner. Present during this time should be professionals that support her 1) emotional, 2) nutritional, 3) physical and 4) spiritual wellbeing and balance because all those pieces are severely important to HER ability to THRIVE!

This might mean she has 4-6 people in her life that encourage, question, dig deep, inspire, empower HER to feel how she wants to feel. These people have HER in their best interest.

Wow. Take a minute right now to imagine how it would feel to have 5 people in your corner cheering you on through positive, authentic support. Breathe in that love! 

We all need help in areas of our lives and sometimes it can be really hard, scary, intimidating to ask for help. But if you need help, ask! Everyone doesn’t know everything about optimal nutrition. Everyone doesn’t know everything about the birthing process. Everyone doesn’t know everything about exercise during pregnancy. Everyone doesn’t know everything about how drugs affect their bodies. We simply can’t know everything about everything (and if you do, power to you rockstar!). Most of us need to call in help on most topics to educate us, refresh us, inspire us, give us new ideas. AND THAT’S OKAY!

Build your team of professionals who support HOW YOU WANT TO FEEL, who will give you authentic support, all their attention while coming from a loving, heart filled space.

I need to make a quick note; you are probably thinking that hiring all these professionals will cost a lot of $$$. Please think about this, what would you rather pay for? The loving guidance now to have a positive, empowered mindset, body, spirit? OR do you want to pay professionals to help you because you had a traumatic experience, the birth you didn’t plan for, PPD, overall feelings of doubt, inability, negativity.

Put simply, do you want to build up and up OR repair the damage? Either way, you’re going to pay. Would you rather pay for positive feelings or cure the negative? If you can avoid the negative, would you? Of course. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to be in pain. So pay the $$$ NOW to experience the feelings you want to feel. It’s your life, your pregnancy, your birth, your transition into motherhood. Make it happen the way YOU want it to. My guess is, is that you want it to be as happy, memorable, and joyful as possible. So take action, pay the $$$, get the help you DESERVE to experience life the way YOU WANT.