Rattled: When New Parenthood Shakes You

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  In Good Hands: The First Goodbye 13.08.2026 25min

  In Part Two of a three-part series with Care.com, Dr. Becky breaks down the anxiety that shows up when it's time to hand your baby to someone else.
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  Parenting on Empty - Revisit 06.08.2026 29min

  Dr. Becky tackles parental burnout, what you can do to take care of yourself, and how to bring some fun back into your life.
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  Cameron Oaks Rogers Trades Questions with Dr. Becky 30.07.2026 37min
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  In Good Hands: Finding Your Caregiver 23.07.2026 36min

  This is Episode One of “In Good Hands,” a three-part series with Care.com on the emotional truths of finding care for your baby. Today: the search for childcare.
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  Chemistry, Not Character: Why You Don't Feel Like Yourself After Baby 16.07.2026 31min

  A few weeks in, so many new parents think the same thing: something feels off, and I don't recognize myself. Fertility doctor Dr. Lucky Sekhon explains why, and it comes down to chemistry, not character.
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  Postpartum Anxiety: The 3 Cycles Running the Show 09.07.2026 37min

  Dr. Becky sits down with psychologist Dr. Nicole Pensak, author of the book Rattled, and grabs a whiteboard to map the anxiety that quietly runs the show in early parenthood: the middle-of-the-night checking, the "if I feel it, it must be true" spiral, and the slow drift of avoiding more and more until your world gets small.
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  5 Numbers Every New Parent Needs to Hear 02.07.2026 25min

  Dr. Becky breaks down five data points every new parent needs to know. Not to scare you -- to prepare you.
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  Postpartum OCD, Intrusive Thoughts: What’s Happening to Me? 25.06.2026 31min

  Dr. Becky talks to Sabrina Rudin about the intrusive thoughts that flooded in after baby arrived, the terror of thinking something was fundamentally broken in her, and the moment she told her husband she thought she'd "become a murderer." And she explains why his response changed everything.
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  When the Baby Arrives and Dad Falls Apart 18.06.2026 34min

  Dr. Becky talks to Kevin Maguire about the experience of — and the insights from — paternal postpartum depression.
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  IVF, Miscarriage, then Barack Obama 11.06.2026 35min

  Hannah Bronfman and her husband Brendan Fallis join Dr. Becky to talk about the parts of new parenthood that don't make the highlights reel: fertility struggles, maternal health fears, and the specific kind of panic that hits the moment you leave the hospital with a baby and realize no one is coming with you.
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  I Wanted to Be a Different Kind of Dad 04.06.2026 37min

  Dr. Becky talks with writer Aymann Ismail about the emotional reality of early fatherhood — the parts men are rarely encouraged to say out loud.
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  I Needed Proof I Was a Good Mom 28.05.2026 29min

  Dr. Becky and author and mom of two Erin Schlozman unpack the disorientation of new parenthood: the feeling that your baby’s crying is somehow a reflection of you, the pressure to “get it right,” and the clarifying realization that motherhood doesn’t follow a linear path.
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  Will I Ever Feel Like Myself Again? 21.05.2026 36min

  NBC News anchor and author Morgan Radford talks with Dr. Becky about the parts of new motherhood nobody prepared her for: the physical recovery, the mental disorientation, the pressure to “bounce back,” and the panic that the hardest parts might last forever.
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  I Love My Baby... and I'm So Bored 14.05.2026 28min

  Dr. Becky and Myleik Teele talk honestly about the monotony of early parenting, the loss of spontaneity and identity, and the shame so many parents feel when reality doesn’t match what they imagined.
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  What If I Don’t Feel a Bond With My Baby? 07.05.2026 32min

  What if you don’t feel that immediate rush of love after your baby is born?
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  Dr. Becky's 4pm Dread 30.04.2026 23min

  In this deeply personal solo episode, Dr. Becky shares her own early postpartum experience—the identity shift, the crash from “I can handle anything” to something entirely different, and the quiet reframe she wishes she had back then.
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  "What If I Hurt My Baby?" — with Leah Smart 23.04.2026 28min

  Writer and mom Leah Smart on perinatal anxiety, the intrusive thoughts she didn't know had a name, and the reframe that changed everything: your fears are almost always about what you love most.
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  "Nobody Told Me This Would Happen" — with Caro Chambers 23.04.2026 20min

  Writer and mom-of-four Caro Chambers on the 6:30 morning her life quietly shifted, the body she didn't recognize, and the wisdom it took four babies to learn: when things are okay, let them be okay.
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  Official Trailer 16.04.2026 1min

  “Rattled” is a podcast about the moments when new parenthood shakes you.