With Mother's Day fast approaching, it seems like an appropriate time to look at dealing with this occasion when trying to start a family or after suffering a miscarriage. For most women trying to conceive, this is one of the hardest ‘holidays,’ for want of a better word, to deal with. For some odd reason, it seems that this is when you see the most mothers and children, or pregnant women.
However, despite the hurt you may be feeling – try to do something for the mothers in your life. Some ideas include:
Taking your mom, sister or sisters to a brunch.
Play mommy for the day to nephews, nieces or your friends’ kids so that mom can have free time to enjoy a long soak or even go on a date with their spouses
Go on a romantic date with your partner, who knows what the night may hold
Even if you start the day moping, don’t dwell on the fact that you’re still at the trying-to-conceive stage and how much you’d like to actually be a mom or at least pregnant on Mothers Day. Also, remember that you are not alone at this time. Many women feel so sad that we forget that our partners may be hurting as well. Take the opportunity to get close and share this time together.
Keeping a positive attitude is important when trying to conceive. In talking to friends who are trying to conceive, I realized one major issue at this time of the year. They set themselves goals such as I hope to be pregnant by Mothers day and then they become really depressed when it does not happen.
Others deal with the pain of Mothers Day by boycotting the entire day – no church, no family gathering or going out. While I don’t personally subscribe to doing this, I understand and support all ways of dealing with this difficult situation.
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