Unique Ideas to Cope with Difficult Pregnancies

Recently, a close friend of mine began having difficulties with her pregnancy due to high blood pressure. The doctor ordered her to strict bed rest where she must remain on her left side for the duration of the pregnancy. Distressed, she sent me a text to inform me of her current situation and was beside herself with how she was going to make it through. I, not typically the person with an outstanding positive attitude, told her that she was going to have to do whatever it took to be positive, as well as productive, and that I would help in any way that I could.

I did what I always do when a question of any type arises - I performed a search on the world wide web. Starting out very vaguely, I used "activities for pregnant women on bed rest" as my key phrase. Two hours later, I, the avid searcher, was shocked at the minimal number of ideas that I found, which was basically nil. I did, however, find some information to pass along to her as well as some support groups consisting of women who had undergone the trauma she, herself, was now facing.

Wanting to get something to my friend as quickly as possible, I emailed her the couple of links I had found and informed her that I was still diligently searching and brainstorming. Out of the two, searching and brainstorming, I proved to be more successful with the latter. Very proud of the ideas that I came up with, I have decided to pass them on so that, hopefully, other women in the same type of situation can benefit.

Keep in mind, that most suggestions listed below may be substituted with something similar that is more appealing to the persons taste. When I presented my ideas to my friend, I recommended that she take them and build upon them to create her own activities; I recommend the same for everyone else. The below ideas are in no special order; you may want to make a list of the ideas you like and then place them in your order of importance.

Keep a daily journal in which the entries are written specifically to the child.

Purchase "baby-themed" jigsaw puzzles, put them together, glue them, frame them, and hang on the walls of the baby's room.