Dadvengers Podcast Episode 09 - Nush Cope

TV presenter, host and podcast creator Nush Cope is the first Dadvengers mum on the podcast. Nush talks about becoming a new mum through the pandemic, her experience with prenatal depression and having a home birth. She talks about the inequality of the paternity / maternity leave system and how she is finding herself again after having a baby. 

Time Codes

3:17 - How Nush has found becoming a mum to Shaka... "I'm learning to see life through his eyes"

5:14 - The impact on Nush and her partner's relationship, and how they're making it work.

8:12 - Going back to work after having a baby - and experiencing "the parent guilt".

10:20 - "What's wrong with me..." finding support for a difficult first trimester and prenatal depression.

16:10 - The importance of Mr M being around throughout the rest of her pregnancy, and the birth.

18:08 - Nush talks about communication in relationship, parenting and with her own parents.

24:30 - The challenges Nush faced in having her pregnancy and having her son throughout the coronavirus.

26:28 - Opting for a home birth and the experience of that for Nush and Mr M.

28:00 - "Why can't there be a system where you decide as a couple..." the issues with the paternity and maternity leave system.

33:00 - Becoming a mum for the first time - "I don't know who I am anymore"

35:31 - How Nush and Mr M's childhoods and role models shaped them as parents and what they will use in their parenting journey.

39:17 - Parenting superpower

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