This week I spoke with Leysan and Payton (new moms as of 2024), about what their experience of becoming a mother has been like so far. I loved getting to hear them tell their stories about each phase of the motherhood journey: finding out they were pregnant, pregnancy, giving birth, becoming a parent, etc.

I really appreciate how honest both of them were about the high highs and low lows of their motherhood journey, while sharing such thoughtful insights on: 

• all the different expectations that are put on mothers
• the shortcomings of the physical and mental health care available for mothers
• why sometimes there is an "us vs them" mentality between mothers and women without children
• how to construct equitable labor within heterosexual parental relationships 
• the ways in which motherhood evolves your sense of self 

It was such a special episode, and such an honor to get to learn more about these two, fabulous moms!

NOTES

• King Louis XIV - Inviting Newton to Visit the Delivery Room. The Role of Gravity During Childbirth

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