Stress-busting for new mothers
April 18, 2006 by kate baggott
Filed under Mental Health
Stress. It makes your mood spike and crash. It is influenced by sleeplessness, by being all things to all people, by having to face chores, like laundry, that are never, ever, completely finished. New mothers have special needs and special methods for stress-busting.
According to an article on the BBC Parenting site, this is the single quickest way to combat a stressful moment:
1. Take a slow deep breath in and let it out again. Keep breathing as gently and calmly as you can.
2. Drop your shoulders and let your hands flop down to dangle at your sides.
3. Release all the tension …read more
