Husband & Wife Q&A: Pregnancy Nutrition, His Experience & Do We Know The Gender?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is the Pursuit of Wellness podcast, and I'm your host, Mari Llewellyn.
Nice studio. We're dusting it off.
Thanks.
You just dusted it off.
Why did Mari take a two-month social media hiatus and what changed mentally?
You just did an episode.
I know. How does it feel to see me at the office?
I've had a cloud of anxiety that I didn't really know why I had it. But I knew you were anxious for your day.
A little bit.
Yeah.
It's like first day of school.
Yeah. You just had summer break.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So what was announced on episode one?
That I'm pregnant.
Right.
And I told the story. Oh. The HCG story.
That was crazy.
Yeah. Crazy. It was like I was remembering it. like going through it and saying it all out loud, I was like, wow, that was really the worst thing ever. Like if you guys haven't listened to my episode titled I'm Pregnant, go back and listen because I think it would give a lot of context as to what we're talking about. But yeah, they know I've been gone for two months.
How did the IVF process work for us and what was the embryo transfer like?
I've essentially kind of been like a hermit. No social media. I was like watching YouTube shorts. I had no idea what was going on in the world. Greg was like filling me in kind of.
I loved it. I mean, for context, obviously like the biggest, one of the biggest blessings in my life has been being able to have a career with my wife as Bloom has turned into this Megalodon of a beast. It has become much more than just Mari and I running Bloom, of course, or at least operating Bloom. And it has been nice to experience a slightly traditional relationship in the sense of having separate responsibilities. I don't know. It's been a nice two months. It's been a nice two months, like seeing you just happy and content at home, which I think is a huge reason for the success of this pregnancy thus far.
I know. It's been really nice. And I kind of always knew I'd want to take a break at a certain point. But it is kind of crazy because if you think about it, since 2017, I don't think I've taken one significant break like this ever.
You've taken off more than three days.
No.
At least, especially, like, not, like, literally deleting social media and your connection to the world. I mean, I remember, like, you didn't even know, like, the Met Gala was happening.
I didn't know the Met Gala was happening. I didn't know the Pope died.
Yeah, big news.
Like, I didn't know.
Yeah, like, you just assume everyone kind of knows.
And then I would listen to a podcast for a date and be like, oh, my God, you didn't tell me it was the Met Gala.
That's so funny.
Like, it was really crazy how disconnected I was, actually.
It was – the saddest part was, like, if I saw a really funny meme – I didn't even want to show Mari because I didn't want to like give you that a hit and break your, your, your sobriety.
I wasn't interested. Honestly.
No, you weren't.
I've read so many books. I didn't mention that on the episode I've read. All I've been doing is reading.
No, you explained it really well. Like explaining like the experience of a Kindle versus a book.
Oh yeah, I wasn't even aware that I was like almost done with the book. I think I read like four books in the past two months.
It's almost like as we're watching a series of TV shows.
Yeah.
And you don't even know you're on the last episode. And then it's just over one day because you don't feel like the book getting thinner and thinner.
Yeah.
And then you just go, okay, next one. You don't need to like run to Barnes and Nobles and get another book.
But it was also really nice being in like, because I'm reading the Queen of Shadows series. The girls who get to get it. And being in like a fantasy world.
What happened with the HCG scare and how did we respond?
was really nice because I feel like now I'm in a good place, but a lot of our journey was very anxiety provoking.
We were super stressed. Social media at its core is like, compare yourself to everyone else.
And I'm fully on this algorithm of like IVF girls and fertility girls, which I love.
And perfect pregnancy girls.
Well, yeah, that's everywhere. Like I was just saying on my solo episode, how there's- Our whole town is pregnant. No, I didn't say that actually. But like, yeah, our whole neighborhood is pregnant.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:13
2
Why did Mari take a two-month social media hiatus and what changed mentally?
0:13–0:57
3
How did the IVF process work for us and what was the embryo transfer like?
0:57–3:18
4
What happened with the HCG scare and how did we respond?
3:18–17:11
5
Did we choose the embryo’s gender and when did we find out?
17:11–44:05
6
How has pregnancy changed our relationship and daily routines?
44:05–53:32
Speakers
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