You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Mert.

Hello and thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. I'm Vanessa

Merton, the voice behind the microphone and this is the introduction

episode. In this short episode I'm going to give you a quick rundown of what you can expect from the pregnancy

podcast.

The bottom line is that I'm here to make your life and all of the tough decisions that you have to make a little bit easier.

It is such an incredible time to be apparent.

The resources and information available are amazing, but they can also be overwhelming. There's so much

information to take in, so many choices to make, and there's no such thing as a

one-size-fits-all for all parents and babies. thing as you navigate

you navigate pregnancy and parenthood you're going to need to find solutions that

work best for your family and your lifestyle and I know firsthand how time consuming it can be to read books,

research online, and stress out about whether you're making all the right choices.

And on top of that, everyone is going to tell you to do this or not to do that. There is a tremendous amount of pressure to go along with the crowd and just do things the way everyone else is doing them.

I'd like to share just a little bit about myself and why I felt compelled to launch this

podcast. After finding out that I was pregnant in December of 2013, I kind of freaked out. Don't

get me wrong, I was so excited, but I was also terrified. And after doing some initial research on what this whole pregnancy and parenting thing was all about I quickly realized that I was in way over my head.

I would spend hours combing through websites, blog post,

pouring through books, anything and everything. I was looking for information that I

could trust and that would help me make informed decisions

about my pregnancy.

Does that sound familiar?

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