Hi hello & welcome to Behindleweyes The Podcast, where we are transparently chatting about the messy parts of life in order to help those who are silently struggling with similar things, feel seen & heard.

In today's episode, I am joined by my friend, Tiffany Callahan, who is a creative strategist, host of The Drinks After Work Podcast, a mom and truly one powerhouse of a woman! Tiff and I are podcast BFFs where we are constantly cheering each other on, chatting on the back end all day long and I often have to stop in my tracks and remind myself that Tiff has a child!

She immediately expresses gratitude for the village that surrounds her, helping with her 6 month old boy. It truly does take a village. Tiffany also exceeds in compartmentalizing the different facets of her life- mom life, full time work for a startup, podcast host, wife, friend, daughter, etc. She's able to devote different aspects of herself to the different aspects of her life. When Tiff is in mom mode, Tiff is full force in mom mode and nothing else.

Tiff gets vulnerable about her experiences with postpartum anxiety and how much it consumed her immediately after the birth of her son. We get to hear about her pregnancy journey, specifically with her gestational diabetes, and she then goes into telling us her birth story, which I know my listeners will appreciate.

It's refreshing to hear all these stories of my guests, in order to help those who could be struggling in silence, having a similar story and experiences- it makes them feel seen and heard and it's so important during this special and important and fragile time of your life, to know you're not alone in dealing with these different things.

I give Tiff, and all my other guests, a lot of credit for getting so vulnerable with me because while I can;'t relate personally, I can understand some of these things, aren't easy to talk about.

In Tiff's case, she had to be induced, her epidural failed, she was in a lot of pain, for an extended period of time- 36 hours. Opted for a C-section, had to be put under general anesthesia and was not awake for the birth of her son; husband wasn't in the room and Tiffany wasn't able to meet her son until she woke up after surgery.

Similarly to my previous episode with Stef, Tiffany didn't feel an immediate connection with her son. And in making this connection, you have to wonder if having the C-section directly correlates to these feelings.

We also chat about Tiff's experiences with postpartum anxiety; how this affected her and what she was able to do to overcome these different feelings, amongst having her first born during the pandemic.

Tune into today's episode to hear about the struggles Tiff had whilst being pregnant, the things she didn't enjoy about being pregnant and a hysterical gender reveal mix up that I'm sure her family will laugh about for years!

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