When you first find out you are pregnant you may be excited for the experiences that are to come, but after months go by you may find yourself in distress from all the pain, restrictions, emotional behavior and etc…. Becoming frazzled while pregnant is normal, but too much stress can be risky. According to Berk “When women experience severe emotional stress during pregnancy, their babies are at risk for a wide variety of difficulties.” One example is experiencing “Intense anxiety,” which is related to “higher rates of miscarriage, prematurity, low birth weight, infant respiratory and digestive illnesses, colic, sleep disturbances... [and the] impaired physiological capacity to manage stress.” (Berk & Meyers, 2016, p. 113) I bet you are wondering
