Pregtastic is Fantastic

Okay, I may not have the cheery sweet disposition of other pregnant women who dare deem pregnancy “pregtastic” – especially during the first three months of nausea, exhaustion, and emotional turmoil. In fact, I might say listening to the PregTASTIC Podast during that period may have been one of the few fantastic things that has helped keep me focused, relaxed and reasonably sane.

As someone who likes to know a little about everything, somehow I had successfully avoided knowing just about everything in regards to having children and being pregnant. This was going to take a serious crash-course.

Being a lover of podcasts -and not able to focus on reading while being icky-ill (not to mention not wanted to buy a big collection of baby books)- I noticed iTunes had a healthy array of podcasts for the mommy-to-be. And though I downloaded many, Pregtastic is of the few that spoke to me, answered my questions, gave a variety of perspectives, and introduced me to an abundance of aspects to pregnancy and birth without scaring me or leaving me without any solutions. They start with an open dialog with some pregnant guests, their ups and downs for the week, and then each episode usually features a guest who is the “expert” on the topic at hand, whether it be water birth, doulas, breastfeeding, hypnobirth, midwives, postpartum depression, baby gear and so much more!

If you are pregnant and like to take your ipod on car rides or exercise jaunts, you shouldn’t go without it. I recommend this to any future mom who finds some comfort and value in being knowledgable and informed.