Even before you became pregnant, we bet you imagined how it would be – what your bump would look like, the clothes you’d wear, and what sort of birth you’d like. And, of course, now you are pregnant, you want everything to be perfect. ‘It’s completely natural to have an idea and expectation of how you’d like your pregnancy to be,’ says perinatal psychiatrist Dr Rebecca Moore. ‘While a huge part of it is wanting the best possible start for your baby, it’s becoming increasingly common to want every aspect of your pregnancy to be a certain way too, from having thick, glossy pregnancy hair to being thrown the perfect baby shower. This desire to be perfect can take you by surprise, especially if you didn’t think of yourself as…
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Mother & Baby (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2020