Episode 88: Supporting your Partner’s Mental Health During Postpartum: Interview with Zach Watson
Episode description
In today’s episode we are discussing how you can support your partner’s mental health during the postpartum period. Our guest today is Zach Watson, who lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Alyssa and their 5 month old daughter. He is a teacher, self published author, a YouTube creator and a TikTok creator. In today’s episode we are going to be talking about his journey as a new Dad and how he has supported his wife and her mental health as they experienced the postpartum period together.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Expectations for new parents vs. reality
- Zach’s advice: keep expectations low and calendar open
- Parents don’t always fall in love with their baby immediately after they are born
- Ways that husbands/partners can support new moms during postpartum
- Meet your spouse where they are
- Understand your partner’s goals and what they are committed to
- Listen to issues without immediately jumping to problem solving
- Postpartum depression can occur in Dads too
- Zach’s choice to abstain from drinking alongside his wife during pregnancy
- Being curious to understand others’ perspective and the importance of empathy
How to get in touch with Zach
Announcement: I am launching a new online course to help prepare parents for postpartum. This class will be self paced and my partner and I are looking for a few expecting or new parents who are interested in getting early access to the course, to join us when we release it in late February as the Founders Round. If you are pregnant or just had a baby and are interested in participating please send me an email at amandagorman@pregnancytopreschool.net to find out more info or click this link to sign up!
How to get in touch with me:
- Get early access to the Postpartum Online Course!
- Follow me on Instagram and on TikTok
- Find other episodes at: www.findingyourvillage.com/podcast
- Download for free: https://pregnancytopreschool.ck.page/tummytime
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