The Messy Truth of My Second Pregnancy

Unravelling with Lauren Barber

This is a solo episode from me - after a little podcasting hiatus - where I share the messy truths of my second pregnancy. For me it is so important to normalise the full spectrum of emotions that pregnancy brings - and this is my personal experience, from my own perspective, recorded at 36 weeks.

In this episode I share…

• Preconception - from the conversations that needed to be had before we even decided to have a second baby to the way I prepped my physical body.
• The early days - from finding out that I was pregnant, to extreme nausea and the anxiety that was triggered by that.
• The surprising amount of grief that surfaced as my relationship with my daughter changed virtually overnight.
• The gratitude - and importance - of having trusted friends to be truly honest with.
• The temptation to compare second pregnancy to my first pregnancy - and the differences that I have noticed.
• How this pregnancy has helped me stripped back the badge of 'productivity' pretty much from the moment I found out.
  And so much more!

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