Motherhood

This episode shares my personal experience with bladder retention after a C-section — a postpartum complication that is rarely talked about but can be frightening and isolating. I open up about the unexpected physical and emotional challenges I faced during recovery, the fear and vulnerability that came with losing control of my body, and what I wish I had known beforehand. This conversation is meant to normalize the less-discussed realities of postpartum healing and remind moms that complications don’t mean failure — they mean recovery is human, unpredictable, and deserving of support.

In this episode, Samin and Christina discuss maternity leave for an owner of a successful legal practice. Christina is the owner of C. Alvarez in Florida and talks about her experience as a solo practitioner, her expanding law firm, and how she tackled maternity leave as a new mom.

In this episode, Samin discusses the first time children attend a non-parental care program with Gloria. Gloria is an attorney and full-time mother of two girls, Abby (5) and Penny (3). Abby started school by attending Pre-K 3/4 when she was 4 years old, and Gloria talks about how her family handled that experience.