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Welcome back to another episode of After Bedtime.

And today, Chris and I are diving into my birth story from my most recent baby here.

We have never even talked about this together.

I've been holding it from her so that we, with you, could get all the details and the full story altogether.

We're going to be talking about my contractions, how I got through all the pain, how I prep my kids to be there, all the details.

So let's get into it.

Welcome to After Bedtime, where the house is finally quiet, but the real noise begins.

The thoughts, the questions, the wondering if you're doing any of this right.

We're Kristen and Dina, child behavior experts, moms, and co-founders of big little feelings.

And we're not here to give you more pressure or perfect parenting energy.

Nope.

We're here to tell the truth,

the unfiltered, beautiful, brutal truth about what it means to raise kids and re-raise ourselves

in the process. Because parenting isn't just about sleep schedules and snack hacks. It's about

healing. It's about breaking cycles. It's about becoming the kind of adult you want your kids to grow up to be.

This is the place where we say the quiet parts out loud, and we're so glad that you're here.

Dina, it's so nice to see you here in your car on Zoom.

This is my new thing. It's nice. I like it. I sit by a river. It's beautiful. A river in Colorado in your car. Yeah. Why in your car? I mean, I've done it in my car too before. That's a great question. And I'd love to tell you. It's because I actually have so much trouble getting out of my daily routine, which is to go to a coffee shop, do a bunch

of hyper-focused work in a row, like get a whole day's worth done within like four hours. And then I

quickly run into a workout class. And the thought of not doing that day stresses me out so much

that I just, I just do it in my car now. It's lovely. The thing that shifted is

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