Last Reviewed April 2010
Emotional Preparation
Examining Your Relationship
Key Info
- Being a parent takes an emotional toll on mothers and fathers
- Having a baby doesn’t make a bad relationship better — it only adds to the stress
- Knowing your relationship is a health way to start your family
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Examining Your Relationship
Parenthood can take a huge emotional toll on mothers and fathers. Is your relationship strong enough to handle the constant demands of a baby?
Having a baby doesn’t make a bad relationship better — it only adds to the stress.
Examining your relationship means being willing to:
- Prepare yourself for honest, powerful conversation
- Do a lot of soul-searching
- Speak about unresolved issues
- Have insights into yourself, your partner, and your relationship that may require additional consideration and conversation
Read and complete the three exercises below with your partner. They will help you examine your relationship and test your readiness to become parents.
Exercise 1: How Do Your Values and Beliefs Compare?
Start your family in a healthy way. Know your relationship. Your values and beliefs about togetherness speak volumes about how you’ll treat each other in a relationship.
Check the list below then see how your answers compare:
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