# Community Episode: The Part Before The Baby Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tell-me-i-m-a-good-mom-with-lo-bosworth-natale-7758141/community-episode-the-part-before-the-baby Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tell-me-i-m-a-good-mom-with-lo-bosworth-natale-7758141/community-episode-the-part-before-the-baby.md Podcast: [Tell Me I'm a Good Mom with Lo Bosworth Natale](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tell-me-i-m-a-good-mom-with-lo-bosworth-natale-7758141) Published: 2026-04-29T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://mgln.ai/e/369/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/DM22A/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/rss.art19.com/episodes/b8302f98-7277-4e48-af17-3542c9d6c2a0.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/369/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/DM22A/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/rss.art19.com/episodes/b8302f98-7277-4e48-af17-3542c9d6c2a0.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tell-me-i-m-a-good-mom-with-lo-bosworth-natale-7758141/episodes/community-episode-the-part-before-the-baby Duration seconds: 2693 ## Resource Welcome to the first community episode of Tell Me I'm A Good Mom. I read hundreds of stories that came in through the Q+A form, and the theme I couldn't stop reading was the part of motherhood that happens years before the baby arrives. The IVF cycles. The miscarriages. The diagnoses that blindside you. The appointments where a doctor asks you a question you don't have the vocabulary for yet. In this episode I share three community stories with permission. Sherri, on seven IVF cycles and signing surrogacy papers in Mexico City at thirty-nine. Meghan, on a gestational diabetes diagnosis, a uterine infection after birth, and an OB phone call a week postpartum telling her half of her placenta was scar tissue. And Krystal, who miscarried alone in Cancรบn at a meditation retreat and chose radical openness on the other side of it. I answer three listener questions, including one on vaginal microbiome health and fertility that is the reason I started Love Wellness ten years ago. If you are in the middle of any of this, I hope this one finds you. Follow the show, and if you want to submit for the next one, the form is in my Instagram highlights. Sponsors: Nuna: Check out  nunababy.com  or popping into your local Nordstrom to test it out Hatch: Head to hatch.co/baby to shop and learn more Cozy Earth: Head to cozyearth.com and use my code GOODMOM for an exclusive 20% off Merit Beauty: Merit Beauty is offering our listeners their Signature Makeup Bag with your first order at meritbeauty.com Skylight: Skylight is offering our listeners $30 off their 15 inch Calendars by going to MySkylight.com/GOODMOM โ€” ๐Ÿ“บ Subscribe:  https://www.youtube.com/@lobosworth ๐Ÿ“– Newsletter:  https://substack.com/@lobosworth ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Love Wellness:  https://lovewellness.com ๐Ÿ“ฑ Instagram:&nโ€ฆ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tell-me-i-m-a-good-mom-with-lo-bosworth-natale-7758141/episodes/community-episode-the-part-before-the-baby/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/tell-me-i-m-a-good-mom-with-lo-bosworth-natale-7758141/community-episode-the-part-before-the-baby.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.