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Turkey Day Stress

Surviving Thanksgiving While Pregnant

By Lisa A. Goldstein

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  • Consider purchasing your meal from a local grocery store.
  • Assign a specific dish to each family coming to visit.
  • Assign specific tasks to the children who come to visit. While they work, put your feet up!
  • Use festive paper plates and napkins to cut down on time spent cleaning up after everyone leaves. This is one time where your wedding crystal, china and silver can stay in the cabinet.
  • Keep a supply of chilled non-alcoholic sparkling wine available to drink so you aren't tempted to imbibe alcohol.
  • There's nothing wrong with putting clutter in one room and closing the door. Of course, make sure this isn't the room where everyone goes to drop their coats!
  • Relax. This is one of the most special times of your life. Make it special. Take pictures of everyone. Tell your guests you want your child to get to know his or her relatives as soon as possible. And you want to show your child these pictures of one of the first celebrations he or she had with their relatives. This will warm your guests up to your child and remind them you need a few breaks throughout the day.

    • Kristi Hughes from Philadelphia will be more than 6 months pregnant with her first child at Thanksgiving. While she usually offers to cook, she's opting out this year. "No prep work, no cooking, no cleanup, no stress," she says. She got stuck in the kitchen preparing a meal this past Labor Day weekend while nearly everyone else was outside enjoying the day. She then had to clean up just hours after she had cleaned in the first place. Needless to say, this experience is why she's already prepared an action plan for Thanksgiving.


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    Re: Turkey Day Stress by kendra on 11/20/2008 12:48PM

    Don't think people realize how stressful the holidays can be when you're pregnant, especially if you are the one who has to do everything. No one will step up in my family and take the lead this year for me. Was happy to see an article like this, though I do think the family should take over and not expect a pregnant woman to do all of the prep and entertaining.

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