#102 - How Do You Know You're Ready to Be a Mom? (Listener Email 💌)

How do you actually know when you're ready to have a baby? It's one of the biggest questions of your 20s and 30s, and no one really prepares you for how much of it is both emotional AND logistical. This was a question from our Aussie listener, Nat—thanks for writing in!! 💌

We break motherhood readiness into two parts: the logistical (finances, division of labor, gender roles, and the conversations to have before baby so resentment doesn't quietly build) and the emotional (grieving your freedom and your body, plus the very real "what if I'm a bad mom / what if I pass down my trauma" fears).

Here's the thing though, "ready" probably doesn't look like what you think it does. We get into the reframe that finally took the pressure off both of us 💛 What's making you feel ready (or not)?

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