Leaving My Baby For The First Time (I'm Not Okay)

Leaving My Baby For The First Time (I'm Not Okay)

May 6, 2026 · 39 min

About this episode

Nicole Pellegrino shares her emotional experience of leaving her baby for the first time and discusses her breastfeeding challenges and the surprising sleep patterns of her baby.

In today’s solo episode, I’m spiraling and getting real about leaving my baby for the first time (cue: emotional whiplash), the absolute chaos that is my breastfeeding/pumping “schedule” (or lack thereof), and how—by some miracle—I ended up with a baby who actually sleeps. Is it luck? Is it skill? I truly don’t know, but we’ll unpack it all. If you’ve ever felt excited, guilty, anxious, and confused all at once…this one’s for you. Xoxo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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