For more info visit www.newsinfusion.com Pregnancy can be a roller coaster of emotions. Of course there's happiness, even elation and giddiness. There also can be fear and anxiety. Peg Moline, editor-in-chief of FitPregnancy shares some insights from their current Hollywood Issue about how well-known celebrity moms such as Jessica Alba, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, and Jennifer Garner prepared for pregnancy and motherhood: What women often experience is that their emotions are very close to the surface; they might tear up at a movie or even a greeting card; then have heart-clenching anxiety about their upcoming responsibilities as a mother. And more and more we are realizing that some women experience depression during pregnancy. After the baby is born, the same feelings -- joy, fear, even sadness -- arise, and they also are intensified by exhaustion. Most new mothers experience some form of baby blues, or mild postpartum depression, simply due to sleep deprivation and the feeling of being overwhelmed by this new territory.
