Becoming a new mother can be one of the most rewarding, and frightening, experiences. Whether motherhood comes in the form of birth, marriage, adoption, or fostering. In this episode, we explore becoming a new mom with our special guest and sister, Resie Monae, and Tae Michelle relives her new mother experiences as a new mom to her now 15 year-old son, and stepmother to her husband’s children. Part of the Family Chronicles series.
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Episode Timeline
0:00 Intro & This Week’s Wines
6:06 Motherhood Diaries: Becoming a New Mom
- 6:06 “Oh, so this is motherhood” moment
- 10:52 Post-partum Depression
- 16:29 New Motherhood “Aww” moments
- 19:40 Baby’s birthday
- 22:45 Motherhood challenges: evolving mommy demands (baby products)
- 28:42 Pacifiers
- 30:45 Motherhood plans
- 33:47 Fear of being a lacking mother/taking children places with you
- 37:38 Checking children
- 40:39 Fear and Respect
- 43:25 Understanding and respecting mom as an adult
- 46:22 Bonding and motherhood’s many facets (stepmothers, godmothers, foster moms, adoptive moms)
- 48:08 What it takes to be a mother
- 54:07 Government assistance/public assistance
- 55:43 What kind of mother do you want to be?