Pregnancy vs. Postpartum: Which stage do majority of moms find harder?

Forty-one percent of moms said pregnancy did not go as planned, according to new research, conducted by Talker Research for Motherlove Herbal Company.

The survey of 2,000 American moms looked at their experience while pregnant and found that 39% created a game plan for themselves while pregnant — although one in four (25%) weren’t able to stick to it.

But the journey only starts with pregnancy: seven in ten (71%) admitted they didn’t know what to expect from motherhood postpartum, although the mothers had mixed feelings about which stage was more difficult.

While 25% said pregnancy was more difficult than the postpartum phase, 28% said postpartum was harder and 34% said both were equally challenging.