The Anything Goes Podcast

9 Critical Questions Every Couple Should Answer Before Having a Baby - With Ryan

The Anything Goes Podcast

Show Notes

This episode is raw, unscripted, wildly honest and one of the most important conversations Anna has ever recorded. In this deeply intimate follow-on episode, Anna puts her partner Ryan on the spot with 9 revealing questions every woman should ask her partner before having a baby - especially about postpartum support, emotional safety, boundaries, intimacy, and mental health. Ryan hasn’t seen the questions. There’s no prep. No polish. Just real answers about what it actually looks like to support a woman through birth, postpartum recovery, and the identity shift of becoming parents. This is not about parenting styles.This is about how a woman is held after birth.

WHAT THIS EPISODE IS REALLY ABOUT Most couples talk about how they’ll raise a child.Very few talk about how the woman will be cared for while she heals. This episode opens the conversations many women wish they’d had before pregnancy and when they still had choices. Together, Anna and Ryan explore:

Postpartum recovery (physically, emotionally, hormonally) How relationships change after a baby and how to protect connection Why communication matters more than ever The difference between “helping” and actually holding Boundaries, visitors, and protecting the postpartum bubble Baby blues vs postpartum depression (and what to look for) Masculine leadership, emotional safety, and shared responsibility Why women aren’t “too much” - they’re just tired, touched out, and asking for help

This conversation is vulnerable, funny, confronting, and deeply grounding.

THE 9 QUESTIONS COVERED These are the questions Anna believes every woman should ask her partner before having a baby:

What do you think my role is in the first weeks after birth and what do you see yours being? What kind of dad do you want to be now, and what kind of partner do you want to be to me once the baby is here? How will you care for me while I’m healing - not just physically, but emotionally? How do you feel about co-sleeping and breastfeeding? How will we protect our relationship and intimacy when everything revolves around the baby? When I say I’m struggling, what does support from you actually look like? Do you know the difference between baby blues and postpartum depression? How will we handle visitors, boundaries, and overwhelm in the early weeks? Are you willing to learn, together, about postpartum healing and matrescence?

These questions change everything.

WHO THIS EPISODE IS FOR

Women considering motherhood Couples thinking about having a baby Partners who want to support better (but don’t know how) Mothers who wish these conversations had happened earlier Anyone who believes women deserve to be held, not just expected to cope

FINAL NOTE FROM ANNA This conversation isn’t about doing it “right.”It’s about being honest enough to ask the questions that change your future. If you’re a woman listening - save this episode.If you’re a partner - listen without defensiveness.If you’re already a parent - you’re not late… you’re just learning.

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