My Heart Mom Story Part 2 with Lynden

Gabi's husband Lynden joins us for the second time on the Resilient Heart podcast, this time to tell his side of the story and the many lessons learned from the trials and triumphs of his Heart Baby experience. Lynden shares the dynamics behind their partnership as they navigate the Heart diagnosis and process together, and how he managed his expectations through it all. Tune in for more tips on what to do during a heart pregnancy and find out how he dealt with all his Heart moments, big and small, and as well as how he fulfilled his role as husband and father.    KEY POINTS / MAIN TAKEAWAYS: The moment Lynden felt something was up.  His reaction to the diagnosis.  Managing hopes and expectations.  His experience of the day of the birth. Being in and enjoying the moments.  Trusting your gut and standing your ground.  Dealing with sending your child to surgeries.  His biggest lessons learned and most valuable advice to give for Heart Parents.    QUOTABLES: "That's the hardest part; the blessing and the curse of being the husband is you realize how removed you are from the actual pregnancy. Like, again, we are not pregnant. You are pregnant. My job is to try to make you as comfortable as possible. But when you have to shoot yourself twice a day with a damn blood thinner, there's not much I can do " 3:21 "The only advocate that your kid or your loved one has, is you. And so when they're doing something that doesn't quite sound right, or you're telling them to call these people and they haven't really made contact with those people yet, if you've got to be a complete and utter asshole to the point where you're cursing people out and making the doctor feel uncomfortable, then that's what you have to do." 49:28   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Follow Gabi on Instagram @gabigirl34 - https://www.instagram.com/gabigirl34/ Visit her website at https://www.gabigarland.com Resilient Heart is edited by Instapodcasts (visit at www.instapodcasts.com)