By Today's Parent staff
May 08, 2013Photo: Jamie Piper
Keeping an anxiety journal can help keep bad thoughts at bay during pregnancy.
It worked for our Managing Editor Katie Dupuis: "List your anxious thought, how it makes you feel, and the evidence for the worry (for me, it was symptoms I was experiencing) and against (I allowed myself to look at reputable health websites only — just the facts). Seeing my concerns mapped out on paper made them seem less scary."