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When Partners Become Parents: Essential Relationship Advice From Catherine O’Brien – Podcast Ep 80

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist & founder of Happy With Baby, Catherine O'Brien is sharing helpful relationship advice for new parents.

Published March 1, 2022

by Nina Spears

The Baby Chick® | Birth & Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, Baby Planner
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It’s a beautiful thing when a couple decides to grow their family and welcome a baby. It’s a wonderful way to watch the love you have for one another blossom into something bigger and even more powerful. However, having a baby can bring out the best in people and sometimes the worst. This is why it’s essential to prepare for this life-changing time in advance, so that you can both be on the same page as partners and as parents. But if you’re listening to this episode after you’ve welcomed home your baby, no worries. There are also some incredible pieces of relationship advice for us.

Today’s guest is Catherine O’Brien, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the founder of Happy With Baby. Catherine created her company for expecting and new parents to discover the advice she wishes she had when managing the expectations of parenthood and relationships. She is sharing her helpful tools parents can use to communicate better and thrive through this transition with us today. Her warm personality and knowledge will leave you feeling better and equipped to be effective caregivers and have a happy marriage.

When Partners Become Parents: Essential Relationship Advice From Catherine O’Brien – Podcast Ep 80

We are so grateful to have had Catherine on our podcast to discuss this significant relationship transition. You can find her on Instagram and Facebook @happywithbaby and read her book!

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Nina Spears is The Baby Chick® and the Founder and CEO of Baby Chick®. She began her career supporting families in 2011 after earning her baby planning certification and attending her first births that same year. Since then, she has earned her birth and postpartum doula certifications from DONA International, her childbirth educator certification from ICEA, her perinatal nutrition expert certification through The Professional Perinatal Nutrition Program, and her infant massage instructor certification from Loving Touch, among others.

Early in her career, one of Nina’s birth doula clients affectionately referred to her as “the baby chick — the ‘chick’ who works with moms and babies.” The nickname stuck and later inspired the creation of Baby Chick, which has grown…

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