"I Thought I Was Going to Die" with Meaghan O'Connell

The day after I had the baby, I fainted in my hospital room. Blood pressure skyrocketing, doctors running in, a brain aneurysm fear I couldn't shake, a day-old baby at the foot of the bed. I was convinced that was how my story ended. It wasn't. And it turns out most new moms have some version of this story. Nobody warns us. This week I sit down with writer Meaghan O'Connell, author of And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready, the book that started telling the truth about new motherhood a decade before the rest of us were ready to hear it. We get into the C-section I elected, the C-section shelf nobody warned me about, the fear of leaving your baby that you don't tell anyone about, and the identity shift that is not about your kid even though everyone assumes it is. It's honest. It's specific. It's not light. You will recognize parts of yourself in it. Follow Tell Me I'm a Good Mom on Apple, Spotify, or subscribe to my channel on YouTube for video episodes. Find me on Substack where I go deeper on every episode. Sponsors: Nuna: Check out nunababy.com or popping into your local Nordstrom to test it out — 📺 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@lobosworth 📖 Newsletter: https://substack.com/@lobosworth 🛍️ Love Wellness: https://lovewellness.com 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lobosworth 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lobosworth — Tell Me I'm a Good Mom is part of the Dear Media podcast network. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices