How to Encourage Your Friends Who are Trying to Conceive
Guest Post by Kayla Rigler at OurStart.com
Bringing a child into the world is the single most wonderful experience ever. You should be happy if your friends are trying to conceive. As a supportive friend, you probably want to know some ways that you can encourage them even more while they are trying to make a baby. Here are six things that you can do to get them a little more motivated than they already are:
1. Give Them Baby Gifts
One way that you can encourage your pals and show them how much faith you have in them is by giving them some baby gifts. Examples of baby gifts are diaper bags, booties, rattles and things like that. Your gesture will show them that you have faith in what they’re doing, and you believe that they will conceive their child one day real soon.
2. Share Your Stories
Sharing your conception stories with your loved ones can encourage their endeavors some. You can share any knowledge that you have about the best time to try to conceive. If you have any health-related information or nutritional information that can help them, let them know what it is. They will appreciate your assistance very much, and it will encourage them to keep trying if they have been having issues with it.
3. Buy Them Books
Books are a great gift of encouragement for a couple that’s trying to conceive. They are inexpensive, and they can help your friends with some important aspects of their process. For example, a baby name book can help them select a strong name for their little boy or girl once they successfully conceive him or her. If you want to use a risque approach, you could buy them Kama Sutra book or something similar that can help them to enjoy their “endeavors” more. It depends on how close you are to them and how comfortable you feel presenting something like that to them. Another book you could give them is a general pregnancy book that explains all the stage of pregnancy and how each stage will affect the expecting mother. That way, the female knows exactly what to expect from the whole thing.
4. Send Supportive Ecards
Ecards are always a good way to encourage someone. You can always find an ecard that fits the situation you’re trying to fit. You can even customize one for your amigos who are trying to conceive. The best part is that you don’t have to deal with postage. You can just send the email to your friend’s email address easily, and they can open them from a computer or from their smartphone device if they so desire.
5. Have Family Outings With Them
Another way to get your buddies in the mood for making a baby is to throw some family-oriented outings that they can attend. A family cookout or barbecue is a great idea. you can invite everyone in the neighborhood and their children to come to this event, and then you can entertain all of those people. You could have sporting events, board games or non-board games such as charades. Everyone at the event will have fun, and your pals will become inspired by being around other people who have children. They’ll want to keep trying so that they can make their child and hold some family events of their own.
6. Sign Them up for Birthing Classes
Finally, a really good gift that you can give them is a paid membership to a set of birthing classes or something like that. They will learn breathing techniques, calming techniques and other helpful information that expecting parents need to know. The male will learn how he can be supportive of his partner once the conception takes place. This is a great gift because it will add an element of positivity to the situation, and it will drive your buddies to keep trying. Eventually, they will conceive, and they will remember all of the time and effort you put into supporting them as they were going through their journey.
Those are just a few helpful tips that you can use to help your comrades get into the groove of conception. Your friends will appreciate your concern and the dedication that you have to your friendship.
by Kayla Rigler at OurStart.com
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