Sleep as much as you can, because once your sweet little angel is born, you are deemed to be sleep-deprived.

However, it is important that you patiently, and without any stress, prepare yourself for the forthcoming (and very tiring!) motherhood. Relax: Avoid being alone. Spend time with your friends and family. Take up some DIY project or rent some movies that you have always wanted to see. Whatever you do, the goal must be to distract yourself from worrying too much. Nap: Meditate: Try sitting in an open area and meditate. It will relax you and your baby. Also, some fresh air has the magical power of energizing, and will help you in having positive thoughts. Shop: Nothing like shopping to keep yourself busy. Shop for things for your tiny tot or to decorate his/her room and prepare to give him a very warm welcome. Important Checklist at 40 Weeks of Pregnancy Keep your cell phone and camera battery charged. Have your doctor's number on speed dial. Arrange for child and pet care. Make sure you are full on gasoline. 

Make sure that your hospital-stay-bag has everything No2 Core you need. Relax. Hence, being 40 weeks pregnant and still having no signs of labor is something that shouldn't bother you now. Till the time your labor starts, try to keep yourself happy and healthy by following a healthy diet. All the best!!! A mother's joy begins when new life is stirring inside... when a tiny heartbeat is heard for the very first time, and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone. ~ Anonymous Breathing Exercises for Anxiety Breathing exercises are the best to control a restless and anxious mind. This article discusses a few of them to deal with anxiety. TAGGED UNDER: Anxiety Breathing Exercises Advertisement Anxiety may be defined as an emotional state, wherein the body reacts to the mental stress. Sometimes, it helps you deal with stressful situations and brings out your best performances; however, it may become an alarming condition if it goes beyond your control and starts disrupting your daily life. This is because, in such a situation, anxiety may lead to depression, fatigue, sleep deprivation, or even some illness. When you are anxious, you start breathing very fast. As a result your heart rate increases abnormally. 

Therefore, it is necessary to normalize the rate of heartbeat to overcome the anxiety, and this may be achieved with the help of some simple breathing exercises. These exercises often yield the benefits of meditation since you focus on the process of breathing. Following are some effective exercises which you may perform at home: Exercise #1 Stand straight, keeping your feet shoulder width apart. Maintain a normal comfortable position of your body. Concentrate on your breathing. When you inhale, slowly raise your hands over your head with your palms in the upward position. Hold your breath, and your arms in the raised position for a few seconds. Now exhale and slowly bring your arms down. Repeat this till you start feeling a calming effect within you. Exercise #2 When you breathe normally, the lungs and diaphragm expand during inhalation. On the other hand, when you are anxious, you take shallow breaths. With the help of this exercise, you may slow down your breathing and bring it back to normal. Sit straight on a chair. Put one hand on the chest and the other one on the stomach. Close your eyes, and focus on the rise and fall of your chest and belly as you breathe. You may feel the air entering your lungs and coming out. Perform this for at least five minutes, or until you feel relaxed. Exercise #3 When you feel that the anxiety is taking a toll on your health and mind, then you should practice this form of exercise daily. Lie down on the floor with your arms and legs comfortably stretched. As you inhale, let your abdominal muscles swell up like a balloon. Hold the stomach in the expanded condition for a few seconds. 

Now exhale and suck the muscles inward as much as you can. Hold this position of deflated stomach for a few seconds. Repeat this a number of times. The coordination between the movement of the abdominal muscles and breathing promotes oxygen supply to the muscles, and thereby it leads to relaxation. Exercise #4 This is one of the most common form of yoga exercises. Sit comfortably in an upright position. Bring your right hand near the nose. Now, place your ring and pinky finger on the left nostril and the thumb on your right nostril. First of all, close your right nostril with the help of your right thumb and breathe in with the left nostril till you finish counting up to 4. Then close the left nostril with the ring finger and remove the thumb from the right nostril and exhale through it. Similarly, in the next step, inhale with the right nostril and exhale with the left nostril. Continue this as long as you feel comfortable. There are several advantages of the aforementioned breathing exercises. They help cure anxiety by calming down your agitated mind and body. 

They also have a healing effect on the nervous system and improve the functioning of your brain. Avoidant Attachment Style Avoidant attachment style is an attachment pattern recognized by experts in the field of psychology. This style along with others was found out after an intensive research. TAGGED UNDER: Attachment Disorder Advertisement There are patterns of how we get attached to people. Due to the remarkable efforts of two psychiatrists, John Bowlby - the pioneer of attachment theory and Sigmund Freud, we can get extremely interesting insights on how adults and children develop bonds with others. Most of these are based on parental relationships. Now, this theory has to be understood first, and only then we can understand the ways in which people attach themselves to others. Explanation According to Bowlby, attachment is a lasting connectedness between human beings. The theory is based on the same. It is a theory having a combination of psychological, ethological, and evolutionary theories related to relationships between people. The cardinal tenet of this theory is that a child in his or her early age requires to develop a relationship with at least one primary caregiver. 

That is necessary for natural emotional and social development. Infant behavior basically looks out for closeness with a loving figure. They get attached to those, who are sensitive and responsive towards them. A concept of secure base was put forth by Mary Ainsworth, and on the basis of that, she developed certain patterns in infants, which can be listed as secure, avoidant, and anxious attachment. The disorganized pattern came later in the picture. From that developed two major divisions - secure and insecure. The avoidant one is an insecure style. Patterns There are two main traits observed here mainly in adults. These patterns mostly do not correspond to their styles as kids. Dismissive Style People, who have this kind of style strive for a high level of independence. That overwhelming desire to be independent manifests as avoiding attachment totally.