Your Partner’s Role in Supporting You in Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Newborn, Parent, Homebirth, Vbac, Kids & Family, Doula, Firsttimemom, Midwife, Pregnancy, Doctor, Parenting, Pregnant, Vanessamerten, Physician, Csection, Prenatalcare, Breastfeeding, Naturalbirth, Nursing, Birthcenter, Family, Baby, Hospitalbirth, Health, Obgyn, Research, Trimester, Expecting, Labor, Mom, Diet, Dad, Birth

4.5 • 948 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Most aspects of having a baby rest solely on the mother. One of the biggest things I hear from partners during pregnancy, labor, and after their baby arrives is that they don't know what to do. They feel useless and like they can't help. Or they feel like there is nothing for them to do. There are many things partners and dads can do to support mom and baby. This episode gives you a solid idea of your partner's role and how they can support you during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:11.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In today's episode, we're talking
0:17.2	about your partner's role and how they can support you in pregnancy, birth, and beyond. Most of the aspects of having a baby
0:25.2	really rest solely on mom and one of the biggest things that I hear from
0:30.4	partners during pregnancy or talking about labor or after their baby arrives
0:35.8	is that they don't know what they should be doing or they feel useless and like they can't help
0:41.4	or that there's nothing for them to do. There are so many things that
0:46.0	dads and partners can do to support mom and baby. So in today's episode we're going to give you
0:51.8	a solid idea of what your partner's role is during each of these stages and how they can support you during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
1:02.4	You can find the complete article and all of the resources that
1:05.8	accompany this episode at pregnancy podcast.com slash partner role.
1:14.8	Each serving of AG1 delivers my daily dose of vitamins, minerals,
1:19.4	pre and probiotics, and more.
1:21.7	It's a powerful healthy habit that's also powerfully simple.
1:26.0	Try AG1 and get a free one-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 and five free AG1 travel packs with your first subscription at Drink A.G1.com
1:38.3	slash pregnancy podcast. Thank you
1:45.0	fresh high quality groceries and simple recipes.
1:50.0	Right now, Hungry Root is offering my listeners 40% off your first delivery and free veggies for life.
1:57.0	Just go to Hungry Root.com slash pregnancy podcast to get 40% off your first delivery and get your free veggies.
2:07.0	Today's episode is going live on Father's Day. Happy Father's Day to all the dads and dads to be. Of course, I know everyone
2:16.9	who's becoming a parent may not be a dad. This episode is for dads, partners, wives, girlfriends, and all parents.
2:25.0	If you are the one who's pregnant, this is going to give you a more solid idea of what your partner's role is and the ways that they can support you. Send your partner a link to listen to this
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