Welcome back to our show, today's episode is one of our solo sessions. These conversation will cover significant milestones or persnickety problems that we're working through. Like our interviews, we aim to keep it lighthearted, packed with juicy tips and heartfelt honesty. Today's topic: the births of our boys and the transformation that those experiences had on our perspectives, marriage, and confidence.

Resources to note:

• Shelby Tolar, Love to Mama
• Dr. Stu and Midwife Blyss at the Birthing Instincts Podcast
• Birth Stats, Articles, and Resources
  • Dr. Sara Wickham, "Is Home Birth Safe?"
  • Zoe Wright: "How Has Home Birth Changed? A Journey Through Policy, Practice, and Belief"
  • Thomasson & Treber, "From home to hospital: The evolution of childbirth in the United States, 1928–1940" Explorations in Economic History Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 76-99
  • On the frequency of homebirth:
    • "The number and share of U.S. home births rose in 2020"
    • Elizabeth Cohen, "As midwife-assisted home births rise, so too do high-risk births outside hospitals"
    • Texas all births = 65.5% vaginal vs 34.5% c-sec: March of Dimes, "Delivery Method"
  • Interactive birth stats resource
  • Copilot's assessment of "the sustainability of cesarean rates in texas"

Let us know if you have any questions or would like to hear more on a particular subject! We're still workshopping intro music, so drop a comment on what you're liking! And may we ask, How Do You Couple?

xo Tally and Ryan

Topics covered:

• do we know spies?
• Ryan's entry to the world of natural birth
• fear of your body, knowing your body
• practical concerns and personal fears
• impact for all parties when you become parents
• Ryan's transformation and perspective shift
• healing all around
• second birth with confidence
• the mindset plays the biggest role
• our body's design and failure
• the intensity of birth, with ADHD
• get in your birth boat
• birth stats
• body image and baseline mistrust in my body
• believing infertility but believing in divine image
• the power of a wise midwife
• weighing what you're told by the experts of a field
• responding to "truths"
• final thoughts
• our new outro song, provided (reluctantly but curiously wonderful) by AI

Welcome to the How Do You Couple? Podcast! Is there a right way to be in relationship? Or can you create your own relationship recipe like some yummy food bowl at your favorite restaurant?

To kick off this project, we've compiled some of our favorite moments from these first interviews and test runs. Check out our pilot episode for the heart and vision.

• pilot episode

So, how do you couple?

xo Ryan and Tally

https://linktr.ee/TheHowDoYouCouplePodcast

Join us for a conversation about parental impact, loss, pregnancy, and passion as we get a peek into our good friend's Jen and Taylor Robert's relationship from freshman sweethearts to power couple with a little one on the way.

Resources mentioned:

• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, by John M. Gottman, PhD
• Bringing Baby Home Workshop
• And Baby Makes Three by John M. Gottman, PH.D. and Julie Schwartz Gottman, PH.D.

Let us know if you have any questions or would like to hear more on a particular subject! We're still workshopping intro music, so drop a comment on what you're liking! And may we ask, How Do You Couple?

xo Tally and Ryan

Welcome to the How Do You Couple? Podcast! Is there a right way to be in relationship? Or can you create your own relationship recipe like some yummy food bowl at your favorite restaurant?

To kick off this project, we've compiled some of our favorite moments from these first interviews. Check out our pilot episode for the heart and vision.

• pilot episode

So, how do you couple?

xo Ryan and Tally

• linktree

In this episode, you'll learn a little bit about us. You'll get a feel for who we are, how we communicate, and what we hope to offer our listeners. Its a bit silly, and a smidge introspective. Just like us.

As we go, you'll be able to find a brief summary of each episode in the show notes, bloopers will grace the end of each episode, and any relevant links or resources mentioned, for instance:

Grandma and her dog podcasts:

• Perfecting Dogs by Perfecting Humans
• Beyond Obedience

The original inspo: "My Fantasy Husband" Podcast

• My Fantasy Husband Podcast

So, how do you couple?

xo Tally and Ryan