How to Be a More Supportive Partner with Twin Dad Zach Achatz - Twiniversity Podcast with Natalie Diaz | Lyssna här

In this episode of the Twiniversity Podcast, Nat sits down with Zach Achatz - a small-business owner, woodworker, pie maker, and dad of six-month-old boy-girl twins - for the conversation she wishes more dads would have: how partners actually show up. After navigating his wife’s PCOS and a fertility journey that ended in a very big surprise (two little black dots on the ultrasound), Zach came ready to talk through every stage of the twin journey.

The heart of it is advocacy - his wife fired all her providers by 36 weeks to get the vaginal twin birth she wanted, and they found their yes at U of M with baby A head down and baby B breech. From there it turns practical: dividing the labor by "who’s fastest at what," home automation, honest talk about co-sleeping and sleep deprivation, the doula who steadied their birth, and Nat’s north star for every papa bear who thinks they can jump in later - there is no jumping in later. You jump in now.

A QUICK SHOUTOUT 📣

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EPISODE THEMES 📝

⦿ Why raising twins is a two-person sport - and why partners can’t "jump in later"

⦿ Firing every provider by 36 weeks to fight for the birth she wanted

⦿ Getting cleared for a vaginal twin birth when baby B is breech

⦿ Dad as the mouthpiece in the delivery room - the BRAIN approach

⦿ Dividing the newborn labor by "who’s fastest at what," not by gender

⦿ Co-sleeping honestly and safely, and modeling real partnership for your twins

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⦿ Want more of the dad’s side of things? Watch Twins Twice with Twin Dad Josh Longmore on our channel:

https://youtu.be/YCFempGZeyM

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