For Elizabeth Presta, no matter what level of planning and preparation she did for her pregnancy and birth, her plans still derailed and she still was left feeling emotionally empty. That picture of becoming a mom was not at all what she expected and she instantly started to question and judge herself. We have a lot of assumptions about our pregnancy, birth, postpartum and life in general as a mother. We paint a picture in our minds, but what if it looks like a VERY different picture than the one we dreamt? Is there anything we can do to manage our expectations and what if it does feel different, how do we pivot? Learn how to… manage our expectations and know that our plans might not go as planned in this episode of the Mamas in Training Podcast.