S1E26 - S01E026: Family Planning & Hardships (*read notes)

Hey Other Parents

A Note To Our Listeners

This is going to be a different kind of episode for us at Hey Other Parents. On this episode we will be talking about some of our experiences with family planning. Some of these topics that we are discussing today can be triggering for some of our audience. Some of these topics may be triggering for us as well.

We are going to try our best to speak from our experiences in an effort to normalize the conversation around things such as:

• difficulty in getting pregnant
• high risk pregnancies
• adoption
• miscarriage and other hardships
• pressure of having kids or having more kids
• rainbow babies
• tough choices when mother and baby are at risk
• breast feeding pressures
• Epidural complications
• VSD (heart complications)
• How to support friends and family through distress

While there are a number of positive areas of today’s show, we want to be upfront with you at the top of the show because like us, each of us has our own experiences and works through difficulty and hard times in our own ways. In this episode more than ever, it’s the three of us and all of you.

Expectations of Expecting (Family Planning &

Hardships)

This week on Hey Other Parents we are talking all about how many kids you planned for in your family. We discuss the pressures that go along with being a couple, family planning, original ideas of having kids in the backseat of the little Toy Car in board game life and so much more. Did you plan for a certain number of kids, how did you know when you were done? We discuss complications, moments of hardship, moments of happiness and how to support one another because these important conversations are easier when you have some friends to share it with. Of course we talk about when we were younger, mishaps with our own kids and what the supposed experts say. Because it’s the three of us and all of you!

Time To Unplug

This week we are focusing on support this week through various articles relating to this week of Hey Other Parents. Don't forget the importance of checking in with friends and family.

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Article mentioned on show:

Please Stop Asking Me When I’m Having Another Baby Here’s why the question is terrible on so many levels. https://www.thebump.com/a/stop-asking-about-another-baby

Please Stop Asking If I’m Going To Have More Babies https://theeverymom.com/please-stop-asking-me-if-i-want-another-baby/

Miscarriage, loss, and grief https://www.marchofdimes.org/find-support/topics/miscarriage-loss-and-grief

What is a Rainbow Baby? - American Pregnancy . ORG https://americanpregnancy.org/getting-pregnant/pregnancy-loss/what-is-a-rainbow-baby/

5 Ways to Support a Family Expecting a Rainbow Baby https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-ways-to-support-a-family-expecting-a-rainbow-baby_b_7222608

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