#185 P2 – How Relationships Change With Children: Parenthood, Strange Cravings & The Lightning Crotch With Alyson Shelton & Ria Carrogan

This episode continues the incredibly important subject matter that many individuals (especially males) know surprisingly little about; pregnancy & childbirth – we have two women who have given birth; Ria Carrogan & Alyson Shelton, plus 3 accounts from others that Mike reads aloud.

This week is part 2 where the conversation continues with discussing how the dynamic of two people changes from partners to parents, which leads to talking about raising a child. Mike then reads Maff & Amanda’s experience with their latest child and Ria & Alyson talk about the importance of supporting both parents. Nearer the end, the group talk about strange cravings & weird symptoms of pregnancy and Ria explains to us what “Lightning Crotch” is!

In case you missed last week (part 1), it began with Alyson & Ria introducing themselves and the Femme On Collective, before Mike & Megan talk about their experience with sex education in school. The conversation then goes into full swing, where the group talk about premature babies, how pregnancy is treated in the US & UK, what childbirth is really like and how every birth (for all people) is different. Mike reads aloud a friend’s experience through a complicated pregnancy and then geriatric pregnancy & how biological men act in the delivery room are discussed!

Thanks to Jasmine, Amanda & Maff (@MaffUK78) and Mike’s friend for sharing their stories on the show too!

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In the previous episode of GCC (184) Tony Farina returns to GCC for a massive discussion on the rock band everyone knows, but few know well; Weezer! The duo rank each of their albums of their discography, give their personal journeys & memories with Weezer, give their 5 top tracks and talk about why there is stigma around the band’s third album & onwards!

Intro & outro read by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com       

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-120 are out now, in ep 120 Mike delves into the mysterious Revelations one-shot, in ep 119 Mike delved into Darth Vader comics where he finds himself face-to-face with Padmé’s double; Sabé and in ep 118 Mike delved into the new horror anthology; Tales From The Rancor Pit! Previous episodes include the War Of The Bounty Hunters & Crimson Reign crossovers, every other canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much moree - https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion               

Mike recently guested on:

Stevie B’s Star Wars Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/McbWHBMZQxM

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91   

Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4 

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