Holy Sh!t I'm Pregnant

Holy Sh!t I'm Pregnant

What really happens from that first holy sh!t moment when the pregnancy test comes back positive to navigating weird bodily changes, identity, relationships and life with the little human? Join (heavily pregnant) health journalist Lizza Gebilagin as she tracks down Australia's leading experts and has a few raw conversations with her own friends to find out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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January 5, 2021 31 mins

Hollywood has a lot of bad pregnancy expectations to answer for. You know, the sort which ends in a speedy but horrific labour where she’s rushed to the hospital so that she can scream-push a three-month-old baby out of her vagina. Oh, and don’t worry about any lasting effects of any trauma she’s experienced in the hospital because, cut to the next scene, everyone is living happily ever after. So, that’s why in this episode, we’re ...

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For me, the anxiety usually starts with a thought. A “what if” that spirals into the worst possible scenario, the fear spreading through my body until it stuns me immobile. The other day it was in reaction to the news that my placenta was still covering my cervix.


This isn’t the first time I’ve had to reign in anxious thoughts during my pregnancy. And after chatting with a range of women for this podcast, I know these emotional...

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December 8, 2020 22 mins

Like everyone else, before my body started the amazing process of creating a human, I knew I might experience nausea – it’s the most common question people ask me when they want to know how my pregnancy has been. But I didn’t know about all the other pregnancy body changes, from the really weird (like how the smell of your wee can get stronger) to the curious (such as the appearance of skin pigmentation) and the weirdly painful (li...

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November 24, 2020 19 mins

The first we usually hear of someone in our extended circle successfully procreating is on social media. Or, if you happen to live in California where your friends start a wildfire in a pyrotechnic-gender-reveal-gone-wrong, then the first you’ll hear of their reproductive efforts is on the news. Either way, it’s just a quick highlight. There’s always so much more to the story. That’s what this episode is all about: that first ‘holy...

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November 4, 2020 39 secs
Why is it that once we fall pregnant, it feels like women are treated like we’re exact replicas of each other when we’re not? Join (heavily pregnant) host Lizza Gebilagin as she tracks down Australia's leading health experts, and a diverse range of women, to have honest chats about pregnancy health, anxiety, the first few months with the little human, and how they answered the all-important question of “who am I now?” Subscribe now...

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