S1E26 - S01E026: Family Planning Decisions: Navigating Expectations & Tough Conversations

A Note To Our Listeners This is going to be a different kind of episode for us at Hey Other Parents. On this episode we will be talking about some of our experiences with family planning. Some of these topics that we are discussing today can be triggering for some of our audience. Some of these topics may be triggering for us as well. 🎙️ In This Episode: Parenthood comes with a lot of expectations—some from society, some from family, and some we place on ourselves. Join us as we discuss how to manage these pressures and focus on what really matters. What We Cover: 🤔 The Pressure to Be Perfect: How to let go of unrealistic expectations. 🛠️ Parenting Your Way: Finding the confidence to do what works for your family. 👶 Handling Outside Opinions: Dealing with advice (wanted or not) from others. 😂 Funny Moments: Stories of when expectations didn’t match reality. We are going to try our best to speak from our experiences in an effort to normalize the conversation around things such as: difficulty in getting pregnant high risk pregnancies adoption miscarriage and other hardships pressure of having kids or having more kids rainbow babies tough choices when mother and baby are at risk breast feeding pressures Epidural complications VSD (heart complications) How to support friends and family through distress While there are a number of positive areas of today’s show, we want to be upfront with you at the top of the show because like us, each of us has our own experiences and works through difficulty and hard times in our own ways. In this episode more than ever, it’s the three of us and all of you. Expectations of Expecting (Family Planning & Hardships) Time To Unplug This week we are focusing on support this week through various articles relating to this week of Hey Other Parents. Don't forget the importance of checking in with friends and family. Links: Support Hey Other Parents: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/heyotherparents Call Leave a Voicemail: 559-537-5437 559-537-KIDS 559-LESKIDS Email Us: (Keep it short, keep it weird, ?, funny moment, comment etc) [email protected] Instagram: (@heyotherparents) https://instagram.com/heyotherparents Article mentioned on show: Please Stop Asking Me When I’m Having Another Baby Here’s why the question is terrible on so many levels. https://www.thebump.com/a/stop-asking-about-another-baby Please Stop Asking If I’m Going To Have More Babies https://theeverymom.com/please-stop-asking-me-if-i-want-another-baby/ Miscarriage, loss, and grief https://www.marchofdimes.org/find-support/topics/miscarriage-loss-and-grief What is a Rainbow Baby? - American Pregnancy . ORG https://americanpregnancy.org/getting-pregnant/pregnancy-loss/what-is-a-rainbow-baby/ 5 Ways to Support a Family Expecting a Rainbow Baby https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-ways-to-support-a-family-expecting-a-rainbow-baby_b_7222608 Support Hey Other Parents: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/heyotherparents **Question of the Week? ** What do you want to tell us related to this week's topic? Contact Us: Call Leave a Voicemail: 559-LES-KIDS 559-537-5437 Email Us: (Keep it short, keep it weird, ?, funny moment, comment etc) [email protected] Instagram: (@heyotherparents) https://instagram.com/heyotherparents Bluesky: (@heyotherparents.bsky.social) https://bsky.app/profile/heyotherparents.bsky.social Our Intro Our intro voice recording was done by the one and only Koltrane Leave Us a Review Apple Podcast App click ratings and reviews. Support Hey Other Parents by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/heyotherparents