Pregnancy Podcast – Episode 69: Communication Skills in Pregnancy with Stephanie Lopez Stephanie is a mom of two beautiful girls – Annabella and Sophia. She works as an Organizational Psychologist, Licensed Human Element® Practitioner, and Brain-Based Coach. Stephanie specialize in helping moms build the capacity to hold crucial conversations and address interpersonal issues when they arise. For the full show notes, visit: https://growingourfamily.com/s01e69/                       Follow me on Instagram: Instagram.com/informed.mommy  And Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/growingrfamily Growing Our Family · S01E69 – Communication Skills with Stephanie Lopez HAVE YOU JOINED OUR FACEBOOK GROUP YET?? “Growing Our Family Podcast -> A Community For Moms”: https://www.facebook.com/groups/434759000779665/?ref=share Where to find the podcast: * Spotify* Apple Podcasts* Blubrry* Stitcher* TuneIn* Google* iHeartRADIO* Or any other major podcasting platform! Show Notes – What are some of the ways you can improve your communication to better get your point across?  – A big complaint for moms is that someone (usually family) isn’t respecting their wishes. This comes in many forms from wanting to join you in the delivery room and not taking no as an answer to not respecting visitation rules you set in place to overstepping boundaries when it comes to parenting preferences. How can you effectively communicate your wishes and make sure they are respected? – Would you recommend writing down a list of newborn visitation rules or can this come off as too confrontational?  – After all these suggestions, if they STILL aren’t respecting your wishes, what should you do from there? – Moving on to the postpartum phase, a lot of moms feel more distant from their S/O in those first few weeks/months postpartum. A lot of this stems from a lack of communication between you two. Any tips on how to work on that?  – You won’t always agree on parenting views, how do you have a calm conversation and come to an agreement?  Where to find Stephanie:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.