how do u

[preggoblues]

Combat stress like extreme stress in pregnancy I'm finding it getting worse every day and no effort has been made by my "support" system

[preggoblues]

Hmm that sounds really good. Thanks for the idea

[Lindsmit]

An easy cheep on is chili cook a bunch of ground beef with onion and peppers cool it off mix in the rest and put it in big freezer bags. That way i slip it out of the bag on the day i want it into the slow cooker it melt in there and simmers and its so good! Sheppards pie or lazana can be cooked into thos cheep disposible tin pans. And frozen. Throw them in the oven when you want them to warm them up. Beef stews another popular one in my house and you would just put it in a freezer bag like the chili.

[preggoblues]

That's a really good idea.. what do u pre cook?

[Lindsmit]

You definitely deserve a break! I wouldnt survive with out. That why i try to stay so organized. No last minute rushing means alot of time for your self. If i spend one day a week pre making supers i get like and hour every other day to sit in relax cause all i gotta do it put it from freezer to oven or slow cooker. Rather then spending an hour cooking every night. My hubby is so old fashioned he would look at me like im dumb if i asked him to make supper so if he wont give me that break i find it my self :)

[preggoblues]

I feel so obligated to be a certain way bc of the way I was raised. Basically u get no sympathy for being pregnant and I don't want that, I want someone to say just take a break. I'm juggling so many emotions & resposibilities ugh

[Kate037]

Take an hour every day for you where you don't focus on anything. Read a book, get a mani/pedi, go for a walk. Maybe try a yoga class?

[Lindsmit]

Plan plan plan! Plan meals two weeks ahead or plan one day a weeks where you pre make a bunch of meals and freeze them. Eliminating the everyday stresses makes the stresses of being pregnancy so much easier to handle. Im one of those people who has lists and charts for every thing. But does it make life 100x easier. Waiting for some one else to make life easier if often a lost cause. Chin up :) some times theres simple things you can change that make things easier.