What happens when you take a PICU nurse and an aspiring lawyer and add a newborn to the mix… Possibly something close to chaos. 🌪️ HOWEVER these new mamas came out the other side! Please welcome Megan and Lesley - wives, working mothers, and all-round super stars for undertaking a massive life stage during a truly challenging time.
Listen to our host and guests discuss topics such as the conception process for their baby, how they trade off housework and parenting duties amidst their crazy work schedules, and their take on child care, partner guilt, and gender roles.
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The Un-a-Parent Podcast is produced by Studio Dama, LLC (website under development.) For production inquiries, contact marina@studiodamadesign.com
SHOW NOTES:
00:00-Introduction
01:17 - Meet Megan and Lesley
03:29 - Megan’s last year of law school with a newborn. Lesley’s pregnancy and postpartum experience with a busy partner.
05:21 - The idea of living in the chaos
10:00 - A conversation about the importance of trusting your partner
15:02 - How Jane’s arrival shifted how Lesley views her patients and their families
17:00 - Parenting logistics, schedules and childcare
19:08 - Lesley and Megan’s decision as to who would be the gestational parent
20:02 - The conception process, IUI, choosing a donor
27:06 - The process of finding a nanny, scheduling, and expense
34:32 - Working parent guilt, mom guilt, partner guilt
40:55 - A conversation about the “typical” gender roles, division of labor
45:08 - Goodbyes
