Daily Meditation Program in Women Admitted to the Antepartum Unit

Inclusion Criteria:

- ≥ 18 years of age

- ≥ 23.0 weeks gestation

- Planned inpatient care for > 3 days from randomization

- Women cared for by UT physicians

Exclusion Criteria:

- Known major lethal fetal anomalies (eg. trisomy 13, trisomy 18, anencephaly, Potter's
Syndrome)

- Non-English speaking women

- Planned delivery ≤ 3 days from randomization

- Previous fetal surgery in the current pregnancy (twin twin transfusion syndrome laser
ablation, spina bifida repair, etc)

- Women who have practiced a form of meditation in the current pregnancy (including
yoga) in the last 4 weeks

- Women who are currently using patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) (eg. sickle cell
crisis)

- Admission diagnosis of ecclampsia or HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low
platelets) syndrome

- Diagnosed personality disorder including borderline personality disorder, histrionic
personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder,
schizophrenia

- Diagnosed anxiety, depression, bipolar or other psychiatric illness on medications for
these disorders

- Non-reassuring fetal heart tracing on admission

- Intrauterine fetal demise at randomization

- Inability to gain access to phone application