Teletherapy for Pregnancy Challenges

Pregnancy is a time of great transition.

Your body is changing; your hormones are shifting. You adjust to the reality that you will be entering a new role in your life: motherhood. You want to feel joy, excitement, and hope. Still sometimes the anticipation of these changes can bring up anxiety and depression symptoms such as loss of interest and pleasure in things, feelings of anger, worthlessness, guilt,  nervousness, worry, restlessness, and irritability. These range of emotions are often unexpected and can be challenging to manage.

For some, this is not your first rodeo. You have already experienced the transition into motherhood.

This may be your second, third, fourth, or umpteenth pregnancy. You are freaking out! You are scared about how this baby will change your life-again. Being pregnant while taking care of your other children is hard. You are exhausted. You have feelings of guilt, anger, nervousness, fear.

For those of you who have struggled with building your family because of infertility or pregnancy loss, your excitement is palpable.

However, you may also feel angry, guilty,  scared, nervous, and anxious. You may be waiting for the other shoe to drop-this is too good to be true, so you are holding your breath. Accepting the coexistence of joy and fear is difficult and can often be overwhelming and confusing.

Perhaps you are pregnant, and you have a pre-existing physical disability or a chronic medical illness. Or, have recently learned that you or your unborn child have a medical complication. You may have had previous experiences of feeling unheard or misunderstood. You continue to feel unheard or misunderstood during this pregnancy. This can cause unbearable feelings of anxiety, distress, sadness, and fear. This is not what you imagined what pregnancy would be like.

Maybe you did not want this pregnancy. This was unplanned, and has completely rocked your world. You feel alone, scared, angry, and helpless.