Becoming a Calm Mom: How to Manage Stress and Enjoy the First Year of Motherhood

Having a new baby is a life-changing event that brings both delight and doubt in its wake. All new moms have thoughts such as Why can't I soothe my baby? Are other new moms handling motherhood better than I am? Is it selfish to want time for myself now that I have a baby who needs me? Will my partner and I ever stop squabbling now that baby makes three?



These kinds of thoughts can lead even the most confident women to feel stressed out and anxious.



Author Deborah Roth Ledley is a mother of tw...