Well, we just had our fifth baby, and we decided to keep the news of our pregnancy all to

ourselves until baby was born. Today, with the help of my friend Emily, I'll be sharing

all about why we chose this path.

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 262.

Much of our lives can be divided into two categories, work and play.

Simply put, that's where our life and our legacy takes place.

This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well, which leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling

life.

So my dear friend Emily from the connected family is responsible for the idea of this podcast

episode.

She writes all about technology and family over on her substack. And she and I have been friends for over a decade. We have worked together.

We have done a lot of life together. Namely, our families go camping together every single year.

And she wanted to interview me for her substack on this topic of why I decided

to keep my pregnancy completely offline this time. So that is where this idea came from. I owe it to

her, but I also wanted to dive in deep for you, my listener, who might be wondering the same thing. She asks so many

great questions. I think that we fully cover the topic of why we chose to do it this way this time

around. And I just hope you enjoy this fun and unusual episode where I get to be interviewed by

a dear friend on my own podcast. I hope you enjoy.

Well, hey, Nancy. Hey, Emily. I'm excited to be chatting with you today. I'm so excited.

I think this is going to be such a fun format to have this conversation. Yes. Well, we are here

because when I first found out you were pregnant,

I mean, it wasn't the first thing I asked you, but pretty soon after that, I was curious

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