From hormones to stretch marks, labor pains to diaper changes,
motherhood is an adventure like none other. The rapid changes in
your body, your lifestyle, and your very identity call for a
certain mental and emotional agility. Mindfulness can help you meet
the challenge and approach every experience with your new baby with
open eyes and an open heart. Based on research conducted at
California Pacific Medical Center, and with a foreword by beloved
meditation teacher Sylvia Boorstein, Mindful Motherhood: Practical
Tools for Staying Sane During Pregnancy and Your Child's First Year
(New Harbinger/Noetic Books, May 2009, $16.95) by psychologist and
mom Cassandra Vieten, has been acclaimed by women's health experts,
mindfulness teachers, and psychologists alike. Mindful Motherhood
provides pregnant women and new moms with a brief, low-cost, easy
to implement set of tools to deal with stress, difficult moments,
depressed or anxious moods, and negative thought patterns during
pregnancy and early motherhood. Based on the principles of
mindfulness, this book also provides information, exercises, and
ideas to enhance the positive emotions that are part of the
experience of motherhood and improve the quality of mother-infant
interactions, bringing more attention and awareness to the deep joy
and satisfaction that motherhood can bring. Mindful Motherhood
provides pregnant women and early moms with: 1) accessible
information based on science and sound clinical theory, 2)
practical tools for practicing mindfulness in everyday life, 3)
stories and examples to inspire interest and clarify points, and 4)
experiential exercises that will help readers integrate the
information and experiences they have. Mindful Motherhood also
offers current insights into the positive psychology of motherhood
and mother-infant attachment, translating science and theory into
jargon-free language and immediately applicable tools. This book is
aimed specifically toward pregnant women and mothers with infants,
who would like to deal more effectively with stress and mood during
pregnancy and postpartum, who are interested in being the best
parent they can be, and who want to cultivate a deeper connection
to themselves and their children. The goal is to help women become
the kind of present, authentic, connected, emotionally competent,
psychologically-balanced, and loving mothers they want to be not to
mention enjoying the extraordinary experience of motherhood to its
fullest extent. Why it is Important A large body of evidence in
both animal and human studies indicates that stress and mood
disturbance experienced during pregnancy increases the risk for
preterm birth, low birth weight, and other pregnancy-related
complications, and may adversely affect the developing fetus.
Postnatal mood disturbance can interfere with attachment, healthy
parenting behaviors, and child development. While a wealth of
evidence supports all these facts, surprisingly little information
is available to women and clinicians for reducing stress and
improving mood in pregnancy and postpartum. Mindful Motherhood is
the only book oriented toward teaching research-based mindfulness
principles to reduce stress and improve mood in pregnant women and
new moms. It is an easy but informative read that gives new moms
the psychology, science and health facts behind how mindfulness can
enhance mother-infant attachment, and be used in childbirth.
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