Ep 44 - "As Long As Baby Is Healthy" Is the Bare Minimum ✨

hello hello and welcome back to the birth prep podcast I honestly like I don't even know how to start this episode I'm just mad I'm a little ticked off I'm a little over seeing this happening to mothers and I've been there done that I'll have a well I'll tell you later but um like I have a whole story But I am so tired of hearing this phrase thrown around.

It's so dismissive.

It's so belittling.

It's used to end the conversation that honestly truly deserves to happen.

They're like, oh, you know what? Well, you know, you start a conversation like, well, I didn't feel heard or this happened and I really wish it didn't go that way.

Or I'm just still, God forbid, you're still processing what happened on the biggest day of your life probably.

And someone's like, well, you know, at least your baby's healthy.

Well, at the end of the day, you know, your baby's good and that's all that matters.

I need you to hear me.

That's the bare minimum.

A healthy baby is the bare minimum.

It's the floor, not the ceiling.

It is not some fake finish line where your experience and your voice and your body just stop mattering because like, who cares about mom? No, everyone should because the baby only exists because mom exists.

Okay? Okay.

And if you've ever heard that phrase used to shut down a conversation about your own birth, this episode today is for you.

from someone who has been there, done that, and is sick of seeing it.

So we're gonna get into where this phrase comes from, why it's not actually as helpful and comforting as people think it is, and what you actually deserve, because it ain't this, okay? So let's get into it.