Hey everyone, welcome back to the Maracas Mama's podcast. I'm your host Elizabeth Joy,

and we believe in empowering people through storytelling and education.

And today is a very informative episode. We have on Dr. Mona and you guys know her as

Peds. Talk. She's on Instagram.

Tons of you follow her. She is such a wealth of knowledge.

And my interview with her today, like I just asked so many questions as a first time parent,

like, hey, what do we do about fevers? What do we do about rashes? What do we do about development?

Like I'm about ready to have another baby and I don't even remember anything from the newborn

stage. So like what what should I do to make sure that the baby's like developing right in

everything like that? And she just gives so much good free information. And she's so fun to follow

and to talk to and just so easy to talk to. So I love my conversation with her. And I know that

you guys are going to too. Before we dive in, make sure that you are subscribed to the podcast.

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to be talked about. If you missed last week, it was all about sex with Irene. And it was a really

good episode. And I I'm excited for next week to come out to we have an inspiring guest. And as

you can tell, I'm like out of breath right now, which I feel like I've been for most of my

pregnancy. But like it's been very heightened to the point where Vita's like, dude,

breathe through your nose. And I'm like, I can't. I'm like, I walk up the stairs and I'm just

completely breathless. And I've been bouncing on my ball while I'm podcasting because my back hurts

and everything hurts. This last week, I lost my mucus plug. So I'm like, oh, that's exciting. Like

maybe labor will come soon. But I also know that you could lose it weeks before labor. It can grow

back. There's like so much that can happen. It doesn't necessarily mean anything. But I was like,

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