How to prepare for a second pregnancy after a complicated first one

Life Kit

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Pregnancy complications — like miscarriage, preterm birth or postpartum depression — are incredibly common. But expecting parents can often feel alone if they are experiencing these conditions, or like a second pregnancy is out of reach. This episode, Emily Oster, co-author of 'The Unexpected', on how to deal with complications when they arise, and make your next pregnancy a little smoother.

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0:27.0	Hey everybody, I'm Scott Dett from Aetro in for Mary El Segara.
0:33.0	Emily Auster has a knack for using data to help expecting parents find the best care.
0:38.0	Auster is an economist at Brown University.
0:40.0	She's written several books on parenting and also writes the newsletter
0:44.0	Parent Data. Back in 2013 her book expecting better helped people navigate bad
0:48.8	conventional pregnancy wisdom. Fast forward to 2024. Aust Foster has a new book that arms people with more data and
0:55.9	more knowledge about what to do during especially difficult pregnancies.
1:00.0	She co-wrote it with Dr. Nathan Fox, a maternal fetal medicine specialist.
1:04.0	It's called The Unexpected, Navigating pregnancy during and after complications.
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