Ep 163: Birth Plan Predictions
Probably a Podcast
Dear Media
4.3 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
She’s baaaack! And still right where you left her, at 37.5 weeks pregnant! Shannon sits down with Producer Courtney to dive into her plans for Daisy’s birth: epidural, playlists, post-birth meals, and so much more. Shannon gives her thoughts on what Daisy will look like. Is she considering a home birth? What’s on her birth playlist? Is Taylor going to drink her breastmilk? Find out which predictions were true, and where she might’ve been a liiiittle off 😉 Welcome back to your favorite kind of Tuesday, it's Probably A Podcast.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction and Welcome Back
00:19 Pregnancy Updates and Predictions
01:28 Birth Plan Discussion
02:36 Labor and Delivery Experiences
05:05 Hospital Experiences and Advice
11:18 Hospital Logistics
18:18 Postpartum Plans and Reflections
31:00 Family Plans
37:43 Planning for Birth: Family Involvement
40:44 James' Family Plans
46:12 Setting Boundaries with Family
48:02 Nursery Design: Creating a Dream Space
55:25 Gifts for Nurses: What to Give?
01:00:59 Anticipating Baby Daisy's Arrival
LINKS:
Stream Shannon's Debut Comedy Special: https://youtu.be/3gkYzgWQY84
Follow Shannon: https://instagram.com/probablyshannon/
Follow Producer Courtney: https://instagram.com/whatsacourtney/
Follow Probably A Podcast: https://instagram.com/probablyapodcast/
Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/probablyshannonford
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.7 | Welcome back to probably a podcast. |
| 0:08.4 | Guys, first episode back from break. |
| 0:10.9 | How we feel and how we're doing? |
| 0:12.1 | Did you miss me? |
| 0:12.9 | Did you watch my special? |
| 0:14.7 | Did you watch my special? |
| 0:17.6 | I'm so, I'm right where you left me. |
| 0:20.8 | We recorded part one and then part two, but there's been |
| 0:23.5 | six weeks in between for you guys. And how's it been shaken? We feel like we're time traveling. |
| 0:29.9 | I still have Daisy inside of me baking, but we are going to focus these questions. And you might, |
| 0:35.7 | you might listen to this and laugh now. You might say, that's funny, Shannon. |
| 0:38.6 | Good one. |
| 0:39.1 | Because we know now that you posted. Like, like, like, should I do my prediction of what she looks like and what color hair she's going to have? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then it's like, she's born and I'm like, L.O.L. Like, what? Yeah. Um, if this movie comes out with brown eyes, like, I will freak out. |
| 0:54.2 | Not because brown eyes aren't beautiful, but like, I think the chances of her having brown eyes are like, there is still a chance. Zero point. James says blue. James says blue. I have blue. So it's like 98% chance of blue eyes. One percent chance of green eyes. One percent chance of brown eyes. Yeah. So it's just like, what if? |
| 1:11.0 | It's just crazy. |
| 1:13.6 | So yeah, anyways, it'll be funny to listen to some of this, I'm sure, thinking back to, |
| 1:19.1 | you know, the next six weeks. |
| 1:20.3 | I bet if you're listening to this, I bet I'm so tired. |
| 1:23.5 | I bet I'm so fucking tired. |
| 1:26.6 | Okay, so let's roll right in. Yeah. Okay, so what is your, I guess, birth plan or how do you envision your birth going? Okay, so birth plan. First of all, like I do, I've said this multiple times, but I do just have to address, like I have not, I'm not going to say I never will. I'm just saying like I have not, nor was it ever the plan to have a home birth. A lot of people think like, I bet she does a home birth. A lot of people |
| 1:47.9 | think that I might be planning to be unmedicated. And here's the thing, I'm not. I got asked this question last night. We were at a dinner with a bunch of women and they were like, what are your plans for the epidural. Are you going to go in like give it to the epidural? And I was like, no, |
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