The New Mamas Podcast
Host Lina Forrestal brings you the New Mamas Podcast, a space created to give first time moms a voice and to have honest and raw conversations about motherhood. Lina and her guests are normalizing conversations around traditionally taboo topics: post-partum depression, post-partum anxiety, surviving the newborn phase, body image issues, co-parenting, divorce, and more. This podcast is meant to feel like a big virtual hug for moms everywhere. Instagram: @linaforrestal @newmamaspodcast Contact: lina.forrestal@gmail.com
The New Mamas Podcast
Just Chatting: My Husband and I Get Vulnerable Talking Marriage, Another Baby, and Answering Listener Questions
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In this Just Chatting episode, host Lina Forrestal invites her husband, John Forrestal, on the podcast to catch-up about their son turning 3 and adding another baby into the family come December.
Lina and John talk about:
- John's apprehension about Archie having a sibling and where it comes from
- Lina's thoughts about sibling relationships
- John feeling like he'll have a hard time bonding with baby number 2
- If having a child changed their relationship
- Feelings on the gender of their second child
- Navigating complicated family dynamics and extended family dysfunction
- How we balance time between being parents and a couple
- Talking about "the spark" after having a baby
- What we're doing different to prep for baby number 2
- How we juggle parenthood, work, the farm, and life
- If we've ever disagreed on parenting style
- What we appreciate about each other since becoming parents
Related Episode: My Husband and I Reflect on a Year of Parenthood
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