23. Labor of Love: Austin and Charlotte's Birth Stories
Whiskey and Lace
Erika Altes
2.5 • 677 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Join Erika and Mark as they share Austin and Charlotte's birth stories—from the hilarious to the intimate. They discuss the importance of a doula and a strong support system and gush about the overwhelming emotions and exhaustion following birth. You'll hear all about baby Charlotte's surprising gender reveal and the challenging but rewarding labor story of giving birth to Austin. This episode is a rollercoaster of laughs, tears, and all the beautiful chaos of bringing new life into the world!
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In this episode, we cover the following:
- Getting pregnant with Austin
- Austin's birth story
- Role of a doula
- Guilt and postpartum
- Transitioning into parenthood
- Gender reveal with baby Charlotte
- Charlotte's birth story
- The relief after birth
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| 0:00.0 | Are you someone who doesn't take life too seriously? Do you sometimes find that a shot of whiskey |
| 0:08.1 | isn't only deserved but needed? If you said yes to either of those, welcome to the Whiskey and Lace |
| 0:13.2 | podcast, where we have honest chats with everyday people, shit shows, and all. I'm your host, Erica |
| 0:18.8 | Altus, and I'm here to empower you to be the best version of |
| 0:22.1 | yourself and perhaps share in a shot of whiskey. Now pour yourself a glass of wine and let's go. |
| 0:30.3 | Okay, we're back. Welcome to another episode of the Whiskey and Lace podcast. Mark, Motherfucking |
| 0:34.7 | Altus, is here on the podcast tonight. And Mark, truth be told, |
| 0:38.3 | doesn't love podcasting. I just learned this the other day. He's like, it's not my favorite thing. |
| 0:42.9 | And I think, I think that's news to me. And I don't understand it. I just don't know. It's just |
| 0:48.8 | not my, like, I really got to be in the groove or like feeling it or you've been on three episodes this always helps |
| 0:56.2 | you know as you drink some whiskey well i'm really glad that you took time out of your busy day |
| 1:03.1 | at a busy day today oh please but i did feel like you specifically out of anybody in my life |
| 1:09.8 | obviously needed to be here for this |
| 1:11.5 | episode. I've had a lot of people... |
| 1:14.6 | What is this episode? |
| 1:15.7 | We're talking about when our kids were born. |
| 1:17.3 | Oh. |
| 1:17.9 | And you were there for both. |
| 1:19.0 | I have no idea. This is what I show up to. |
| 1:21.4 | Honey, we're podcasting tonight. |
| 1:23.5 | Oh, sounds like a great idea. Okay. What are we talking about? I don't know. We'll just do |
| 1:26.9 | it when we get there. |
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