Mother Effort

The title says it all!  Ilana wears Spanx to a playdate and discusses a recent Target trip where she finds out she is out of diapers!   Meanwhile, Beth is amazed that she is usually able to get in and get out without buying anything else! Ilana and Beth also discuss how gender disappointment is real and is OK.  

Ilana asks Beth about the day Max entered this world.  Beth tells her horrifically wonderful-ish 27 hour birthing story and Ilana somehow still manages to scare Beth about epidurals even AFTER delivery!  Find out what Beth’s mom says that almost gets her kicked out of the delivery room!

With 18 days left of pregnancy Beth and Ilana discuss the top 5 “Rules” that parents say the will never break when they have children. Ilana breaks a few and Beth panics about how she hasn’t even thought of any!

Ilana finds a list of questions that you should NEVER ask a pregnant woman...and asks them all to Beth!  Beth finds an article about things that are more painful than childbirth in order to convince herself that labor won't be so bad!

Ilana watches the life changing documentary "A Plastic Ocean" on Netflix right before Earth Day and changes her life!  Beth and Ilana talk about easy, no mother effort ways to minimize your carbon footprint. Links:  "A Plastic Ocean" The Final Straw Keychain Package Free

Ilana makes it through an entire "screen free" day with a malfunctioning child and lives to tell the tale.  Beth indulges in milk shakes, hot chocolate, endless plates of food, prenatal massages and a "no-bathroom" 3 mile walk on her baby moon. 

Beth and Ilana discuss the horrible state of maternity leave in America and the implications it has on a new mother.  Beth wonders if her baby will be obsessed with crime and cults due to her love of all crime related podcasts and Ilana tries to get Beth to narrow down her baby  name list.

Ilana talks about her "perfectly imperfect" snow day with her two inquisitive boys and Beth ponders the gestational periods of the rhino and elephant as compared to her own!

Beth and Ilana talk about the pitfalls and hacks to the baby registering experience.  What do you really need and why is there only one bathroom in these baby stores?! Episode Links:   Buy Buy Baby Baby List (if you had a Babies R Us registry they will help people source your item elsewhere for you!) Amazon Baby Registry Subscribe to our podcast to get all of our updated episodes as they are released! Instagram @mothereffortpodcast Twitter @mothereffortpod Facebook  Libsyn