Note: you can call 988 if you or a loved one is having a mental health crisis. According to the National Institute of Health, about 1 in 7 pregnant women suffer from postpartum depression (or PPD). Postpartum depression is a se...

Brent and Lauren, first time parents-to-be, are back to talk about their second trimester. Baby enters the second trimester the size of a peach and leaves the size of a head of cauliflower --- we talk about the changes, the kicks, the ultrasoun...

If you're like me, you had no idea what a miscarriage was. And you didn't care to know until a friend was talking about it and you pretended to know what it was and what happened. Turns out, it's a giant topic---too big for one episode, but her...

Love it, hate it, don't know what it is or how it's done, the c-section is here to stay. Dr. Amy Thompson is a professor and laborist at The University of Cincinnati's School of Medicine. She walks me through my imaginary c-section, step by ste...

Brent and Lauren are just past 12 weeks and they tell me EVERYTHING! Almost. We talk about food aversions, scent aversions, name aversions, genetic testing, identity, career, fatherhood, and THE DANS GAME. And more.  I had fun chatting wit...

Just before 5 a.m. on September 14th, my wife Taylor's water broke. Everything about it was unlike the movies: nothing was an emergency. She woke me up and said, "I think my water broke?" We called the midwife who said go ahead and fall back as...

Matt Medina is a midwife and labor & delivery nurse  in Boston. He tells us how to be a helpful teammate in the delivery room (because it turns out most people aren't that helpful). Matt also tells us what a midwife does and runs us th...

Pre-fatherhood has me thinking about practical stuff like money. How do I pay for this baby? Cash or credit? Just kidding. ...Cashier's check? Matt Becker is a financial advisor who founded Mom and Dad Money to help new families navigate the co...

My guest today is Bryan. He's an endurance runner and real estate enthusiast with type 1 diabetes who talks with me about his (and his wife's) infertility journey. We learn about IUI, IVF, sperm count, motility, and shots. Lots of shots. I spli...

Let's start at the start: conception. My guest on today's episode is Dr. Joseph Alukal. He's a urologist on faculty at Columbia University where he is Associate Professor and Director of Men's Health. We cover a lot of ground, including all thi...

Ever find out that your wife is pregnant and then realize that you don't understand pregnancy at all? Yeah me neither. Anyhow, I decided to make an entire podcast to try to learn what's going on. If you don't like reading text books and you're ...