E124: Pregnancy Prep in the Age of Social Media

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of social media on childbirth education and the varying effects it has on pregnancy expectations.

Send us Fan Mail Your pregnancy feed can make you feel prepared, or completely panicked, and the difference often has less to do with you and more to do with what the algorithm keeps serving next. We talk about how social media has changed childbirth education, from the genuinely helpful parts (free access to educators, visuals of labor positions, and support communities) to the stuff that quietly warps expectations (fear-based stories, extreme outcomes, and nonstop comparison). We dig into ...

People in this episode

Host: Angie Rosier

Topics covered

• pregnancy
• social media
• childbirth education
• expectations
• support communities

Keywords

• pregnancy prep
• social media impact
• childbirth education
• fear-based stories
• labor positions

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