Can you ever really be ready to have a baby?

Today's episode is all about the idea of whether you're ever really ready and, my goodness, people say that to you A LOT.

Especially when, like me, you were approaching 40 and you still hadn't had a baby. 

I mean the number of people that ask you if you're going to get it together and you're like..."Yeah!  I'm doing it, so how about you back off?!"

And that's what today's episode is all about.

The fact that I believe you can get yourself to a point where you're ready even though every single person in the known universe seems to say you can't (which I find a bit patronising to be honest!).

For me, getting myself to the point where I was ready was ESSENTIAL so that I could deal with all the hard stuff that came after, when the baby was actually here.

If I hadn't have been in the right headspace for that I'm not sure how I would have gotten through it (coz it was tough enough as it was).

So do I think you can be ready to have a baby?  YES.

Do I think that makes it any easier?  NOT AT ALL!

But at least it means when you're crying in the toilet you know this is something you wanted to do and not something you weren't ready for.

And in those moments, that's truly the best you can hope for!

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wangal people, of the Eora Nation.

I pay my respects to Elders past and present.

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Host: Rachel Corbett

Editing Assistance: Josh Newth

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