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The Longest Shortest Time

The Provider’s Guide to Quitting

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | Realm

Kids & Family, Sexuality, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2014

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Bry wanted to be a dad. And he thought the only way to be one was to quit doing the thing he loved most. So he did. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.9

12% French or 6% Italian.

0:06.4

They can also tell you a lot about your future health.

0:08.9

When you take an NVTAY genetic test, they search for meaningful health information, like

0:12.9

whether you're at an increased risk for inherited cancer or heart disease.

0:17.2

Based on your results, you may be able to take steps to potentially lower that risk.

0:21.4

Learn more by visiting NVTAY.com.

0:24.1

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0:28.4

Learning with a newborn can be hard work.

0:31.2

I mean, seriously, some of the hardest work you'll ever do, there's just so much else

0:36.6

going on when you bring a baby home that you really have to fight your way to those

0:41.2

moments where bonding comes naturally.

0:44.8

When my daughter was brand new, I tried to remind myself one time each day that I needed

0:50.5

to find a way to connect with her.

0:53.3

Maybe that would be brushing my lips against her ear and unconsciously noticing that I

0:58.1

was enjoying it or just noticing how cute it was that she couldn't yet make eye contact.

1:07.0

For a lot of us, the kind of bonding that comes effortlessly, where you're not even thinking

1:12.2

about it, doesn't happen for weeks or even months.

1:17.3

If you've been listening to this podcast for a while, you know that I had a rough recovery.

1:22.6

I had an episiotomy with lots of complications.

1:26.7

And if you don't know what an episiotomy is, it's when they make an incision into your

1:30.4

vaginal tissue to help get the baby out.

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