1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to them, Christian, no common show podcast. 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 2: Let's get into some of your emails now late la partia? 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 2: What late. 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: You're home on the show for all your awesome emails 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: up first, so you don't see a lot of this anymore. 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 2: A couple with the same email address? Do you used 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 2: to see a lot of that? 8 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: Steve and Diane, Steve stew and die at hot mail 9 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,639 Speaker 1: got here A Scott and Jackie Bowman. Hi, Christian, Well 10 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: you know what, why don't we create an email address 11 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: for me? Jack and pats A trio? You had that 12 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: the combination the surfing, tough Christian, Patsy and Jack. As 13 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: Jack still hasn't come to terms with the reality of 14 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: his wife Bianca's labor. Here's the story of my new 15 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: dad Foulm. My wife Jackie went into labor at seven 16 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: point thirty am. We had a leisurely ten minute drive 17 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: to the hospital. The obstetrician popped in around ten am 18 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: when everything was still calm, and told us the baby 19 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: was still a few good hours away. So I offered 20 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: to pomp down to the shops down the road get 21 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: to get us some extra lonnies for the birth. I 22 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: was so excited about being a new dad. I celebrated 23 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 1: with a coffee and a donut at the nearest cafe. 24 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: Then I bought my wife some donuts and I went 25 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: and visited the fair trade shop for some coffee. 26 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 2: While I was there, I picked up a lovely handmade 27 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 2: mobile for the crib. 28 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: On the way back, I saw bookshops a brows find 29 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: her a perfect book, finishing this all off with a 30 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: boat care for hours to stroll back to the hospital. 31 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: I'd about an hour and a half, I guess, feeling 32 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: like new Den of the Year, only to find my 33 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: wife crouched on hands and knees on the bed, already 34 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: with an eperjurial and still screaming in pain every five minutes. 35 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: Ten hours later, our son was born in breech position, 36 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: which explained the pain. 37 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 2: So if jack expects cliff bars. 38 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: And power aid to cut it, it's time to wake 39 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: up Jackie by and smell the fair trade coffee. 40 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 2: Scotty, that's a great email. 41 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 3: Don't forget about the killer python, Scutdy. 42 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: Oh he's forgotten Scotty's forgotten. 43 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 2: Ps. 44 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 1: While we're at it, playing any song to woman and 45 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: labor that has the chorus always waiting on you will 46 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: never be played again in that household. Yeah, Jack to 47 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: put together a playlist of songs he thought were soothing 48 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 1: and appropriate for when his wife Anka goes into labor. 49 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: Great spot for Scotty about his life, Scotty, that's all 50 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: very very. 51 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: Good, Christian. 52 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: Can you let Jack know the story when I was 53 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: working as a midwife when I had my son. So 54 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: yesterday on the show, we were talking about alternative ways 55 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: to try and induce labor and the anchor Jack's wife 56 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: wants the baby out. This week at almost what thirty 57 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: nine weeks yep. At my thirty eight week review with 58 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: my obstetrician, I slapped a pad of cherry ripes on 59 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: his desk and asked him what he was doing tomorrow. 60 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 2: He replied, what are you doing this afternoon? 61 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: Membranes officially artificially ruptured. Three hours and forty five minutes later, 62 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 1: I was holding my son. My tip to Jackie boy, 63 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: find out what your obstetrician's favorite chocolate is. He doesn't 64 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: stand and basically they were bribe to get it out, 65 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 1: get in there and get it out. 66 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 2: So what does he do? 67 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: We don't need to go into the actual well, there's 68 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: only one thing he can really do. There's only one 69 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: doorway to go through to you know, he's not giving 70 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: her a foot rub mate, What do you think pleasing 71 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: a title? He's an obstetrician. He's not going to get 72 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: a steaders come and go, let's see your tonsils? 73 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 2: Okay? 74 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 3: If that, if that's already one of you asking me seriously? 75 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 2: Right almost thirty nine weeks? What's he going to do? 76 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: Wake up? Jackie wipes out the Fat Trade Coffee Man show, 77 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: the Life Time. This is the Christian o'connells show podcast. 78 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 2: Jackie boy, where are we now? Is it? I was 79 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 2: looking at the calendar yesternight. 80 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe we'll get into March next week and 81 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: ten days is that all it is? 82 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 3: That's and that's until his due date if he comes 83 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 3: on his jue date. But I came ten days early. 84 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 3: So if he's anything like his papa, he will come today. 85 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: And it's the only time that you were ever early 86 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: for anything. Just it was a one off. It was 87 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: a one off. And quote and so what what stage 88 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: you are now to describe? 89 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 2: Likes? What's going on today today? What was yesterday for you? 90 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: In Bianca? 91 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 3: Yesterday we took the pram out for a spin to 92 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 3: see how how it runs. 93 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 2: But there's no kid in there, So what do you 94 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 2: have in there? The dog? 95 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 4: You know what? 96 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 2: Those those people got the dog in the pram and okay, by. 97 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 3: We didn't take the Actually our feeling sorry for the 98 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 3: dog at the moment because I feel like any of 99 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 3: the baby stuff Bianker wants to try out on the dog, I've. 100 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 2: Like put put it in there. 101 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 3: We don't we don't know how to swaddle yet. 102 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 1: She's not breastfeeding. My team usually gums. 103 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 2: The pram was. 104 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 3: We just took it out empty, and I that was 105 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 3: Banker's idea, to be honest, I wanted to wait until. 106 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 1: If I were Cloak, break my heart, I would have 107 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: thought something happened. You know, did anyone see that there 108 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: was nothing in there? 109 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 3: No, thankfully, because you could tell someone recognized you. 110 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: Maybe the baby's been born. They haven't heard the show 111 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 1: for a while, and you've just forgotten about the baby. 112 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 2: You know, that was Jack's job. So I forgot the baby. 113 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 2: Let me. I just jumped back and get him. He'll 114 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 2: be fine, he'd be fine. 115 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 3: I was thinking, you were so calm. It's made of peep. 116 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 3: Since we've been out here. 117 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 2: You have one of these quiet on, very very quiet. 118 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: This is why Jack needs to support group, which is 119 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: why I launched recently on the show The League of Dad's. 120 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: Being in ad is an amazing thing. It's an honor, 121 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: it's a privilege. But you can't do it alone. You're 122 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: not going to read all the books, all the Dry 123 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: Mooring podcasts about it. 124 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 2: You give me too tired, very soon to read the. 125 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: Latest research and what you should do, what you shouldn't do. 126 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 2: It's all changed since five years ago. Why did you 127 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 2: do this? We did this with our kid. It worked great. Sure, 128 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 2: you need to go true. 129 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 3: There's so many at the moment sling around the bench 130 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 3: the table just printed off PDFs of what we need 131 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 3: to know. 132 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 2: We need to overwhelming. 133 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: What Jack needs is real life advice that's been learned 134 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: the hard way through. 135 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 2: Getting it wrong. 136 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: I need dads to assemble and form with me the League. 137 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 3: Of Dads. 138 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: If you want to be in the League of Dads, 139 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: no matter where you are, whether it's toddlers going through 140 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: the table twos or table threes. 141 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 2: You've got your ten year olds, your eleven year olds, 142 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 2: kids in year twelve like me. Email me. 143 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,239 Speaker 1: He needs all of our advice. I still need your advice. 144 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: Christian O'Connell dot com dot AU. Thank you very much 145 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: to the dads that I've already started to step forward 146 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: and say yes, I want in. I want to be 147 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: part of this support group for each other, the League 148 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: of Dads. 149 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 4: Christian, good morning, and thank you very much for creating 150 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 4: a wonderful incentive for the League of Dads. Look, if 151 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 4: it was me giving my advice back to me on 152 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 4: behalf of Jack, I make sure he focuses purely on 153 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 4: the transformation of his beautiful birthing partner, the woman who 154 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 4: bears the child, and will transform and it will be 155 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 4: greater than what she and you could ever imagine, and 156 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 4: unlocking those very gustural human symphonics that resonate well beyond 157 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 4: the birth canal moments. But more importantly, yeah, look, the 158 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 4: basic social formula for your first child is you do 159 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 4: become a parent. The second child you're becoming up riches. 160 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 3: That was way too vage. How do I make transform? 161 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 2: Give you? I can use talk about Richard. 162 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: He an't coming in League of Dads right, No, nerves 163 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: are playing another one of these what you're playing at? 164 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 5: Hi, Christian? Jack and Pat's Eric here. Great to listen 165 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 5: to you on the show this morning, Jack, I've got 166 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 5: your back. As you know, I'm a dad to a dozen. 167 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 5: I'm here to offer those advice. I'm going to go 168 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 5: with daily tips Jack for you, starting with tip number 169 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 5: one today. Just don't worry about it. If he's not 170 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 5: sleeping at night, enjoy the time that he's awake. That's okay. 171 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 5: He'll sleep. He will sleep if he's sleeping too much, 172 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 5: and missus a feed that's okay too. He obviously needs 173 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 5: to sleep. 174 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 2: And trust me, he'll tell you. 175 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 5: When he's hungry. You'll know about it. If you need anything, 176 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 5: you know where to reach me. If you have any questions, 177 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 5: feel free to shoot me a message. Have a great day, guys, 178 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 5: speak soon. 179 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 2: To be fair, Eric needs to come into a league 180 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 2: of dads. 181 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: You know. He definitely one more on the way. 182 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 2: He's got one more on the way as well. 183 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: All right, email me, guys, Christian at Christian O'Connell dot 184 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: com dot au. On a brighter nose, you're listening to 185 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 1: the Christian o'crl Show podcast.