second baby

Lina is now in her third trimester at 30 or 31 weeks! She can never remember how many weeks she is but her due date is coming up on December 10. In this episode she catches up with her listeners about everything from house projects, to financial concerns, her pregnancy diagnosis and thoughts around birth. 

Talked about in this episode:

• How Lina switched rooms for her office, giving Archie and Baby E a shared room
• Umbilical hernia
• Gestational diabetes and some of her go-to meals
• A doctor's appointment gone wrong
• The process of hiring a doula and why Lina decided on a doula/photographer (aka doulatog) 
• Hiring a postpartum doula
• Lina's thoughts around birth, the epidural, birth "elitism" around drug-free births, etc. 

Connect with Lina on @linaforrestal on Instagram
Follow the @newmamaspodcast on Instagram
Read Lina's Blog: www.linaforrestal.com
Support the Show: Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newmamaspodcast)

Learning the gender of your baby is one of life's intimate milestones. In this episode, Lina candidly talks about her second baby's gender and shares her thoughts and concerns. 

Although she's excited, there's a lot she's worried about, a lot of the stuff stemming from her childhood experiences. Lina shares the wide array of emotions she experiences in learning her baby's gender. She shares her insecurities, memories from her adolescence, and the connection she feels with her baby after learning their gender. 

She also talks about the decision on whether or not to have a third child. She gets raw about how her desires don't currently match up with her needs to be able to have a third child, mainly concerning childcare and local family support. 

Connect with Lina on @linaforrestal on Instagram
Follow the @newmamaspodcast on Instagram
Read Lina's Blog: www.linaforrestal.com
Support the Show: Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/newmamaspodcast)