A Real Life Update: Pregnancy, Motherhood Seasons & What’s Changing for Us | #147
In this life update episode, we’re sitting down for an honest, unfiltered conversation about what’s really been going on behind the scenes: from pregnancy and health updates to sleep deprivation, motherhood challenges, and big life decisions.
Dr. Morgan shares a deeply personal pregnancy update, including navigating pregnancy while being sick, fertility considerations, and what it feels like to prepare for another baby while holding space for uncertainty. Dr. Leah talks candidly about postpartum sleep struggles, co-sleeping, teething, and the emotional toll of chronic sleep deprivation, alongside the sweetness and perspective that comes with motherhood.
We also dive into the realities of running a business while parenting, navigating children’s health concerns, making hard decisions around fertility and family planning, and learning how to hold both gratitude and exhaustion at the same time.
This episode is a real, grounded conversation for anyone who wants honest motherhood talk — no filters, no pretending, just real life.
What We Discuss
- Pregnancy life updates and preparing for a new baby
- Pregnancy after health issues and navigating early pregnancy anxiety
- Fertility differences and conversations around IVF and family planning
- Postpartum sleep struggles, co-sleeping, and chronic sleep deprivation
- Teething, illness, and children’s health worries
- Motherhood emotions: gratitude, overwhelm, fear, and joy
- Running a business while parenting young children
- Making peace with uncertainty and big life decisions
- Holding opposites in motherhood — exhaustion and sweetness at once
00:00 – Welcome & why we love life update episodes
02:15 – Social media, sharing updates, and being more offline
06:30 – Deciding whether to have another baby
12:45 – Pregnancy after health issues & fertility considerations
20:30 – Getting sick in early pregnancy & managing anxiety
27:40 – Progesterone, fertility differences, and early symptoms
33:50 – Finding out the baby’s gender & family reactions
39:45 – Emotional shifts, energy changes, and pregnancy differences
45:30 – Sleep deprivation, teething, and postpartum struggles
52:10 – Children’s health worries, co-sleeping, and mental load
57:00 – Gratitude, perspective, and closing thoughts
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