225: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Pregnancy with Lauren Elizabeth

In this episode, I sit down with Lauren Elizabeth to discuss all things pregnancy and the emotional rollercoaster of preparing for your child to enter the world. Lauren talks about her first trimester experience and struggling to navigate medications, feeling shameful and lazy when battling pregnancy fatigue, and not always being able to connect to the baby in your womb. She also shares what she’s most anxious about for postpartum and how she’s proactively preparing, how being raised by a single mother and having an absent father affected her relationship with her partner and how she worked through her resentment, and why she’s most excited about discovering her inner child once her baby is born.

Key Takeaway / Points:

On Lauren’s rough first trimester and struggling to navigate medications
On the shame of feeling “lazy” and battling pregnancy fatigue
On confusing feelings over pregnancy and not always feeling connected to the baby in your womb
On protecting your peace during pregnancy
What Lauren is anxious about for postpartum and how she’s proactively preparing for it
On being raised by a single mother and having her father issues resurface in her relationship with her partner
On the excitement of discovering her future inner child
On whether she’ll document her birthing experience

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