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

and we believe in empowering folks through storytelling and education. And I am joined

here today with my husband because we are finally going to do our birth story episode.

We're also joined here by Tula right now. If you can hear her, she is currently nursing.

I decided to do her tongue in lip tie stretches and we're trying to find when we can fit in

this recording and that requires fitting it in with a baby. It's different having two kids,

then one. It is. It's a lot more work. It's not double the work. I wanted to say it's a lot easier

almost. The expectations are easier to deal with. You know, going from no kids to kids is a

huge shift. And going from one to another, it's like, okay, I know what it takes,

but also the work and the timing and the juggling. And we're still, you know,

that's two on two right now. Once we get out numbered, hopefully,

hopefully, Jovi will help us. Yeah, she'll be on our team. She's like starting to be a little

bit helpful. Like she today handed me tools diaper, then went through it away, and that was cute.

But yeah, I definitely so far feel like going from one to two is a lot easier than zero to one.

Yeah, I'm sure there's going to be days where I'm like, holy crap.

Yeah, that house is on fire. Well, let's hope it's not on actual fire. So how are you feeling?

Yeah, I'm really well. Yeah, what's different with this birth?

Everything, which will go over the entire story with you guys, but

it's weird because like anytime somebody like asked me a question, like even like, so this time,

I'm taking my encapsulated placenta from Jovi, which I didn't take with her. And people are like,

well, do you feel like it's helping? And I'm like, I honestly like, I'm glad I'm taking, I took

it like as a precaution just because like looking back with Jovi, I'm like, I should have probably

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