[PREVIEW] Emma Has Some Big News...

And she's finally ready to talk about it. So, let's get into it in the way we know best – a podcast chat. 😉

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As anyone who has been following us for awhile knows, I (Emma) have spent years stewing in my own feelings of maternal ambivalence.

Adam and I truly value the lives that we've built as 38-year-olds without children. I deeply love having the time to really invest in my friendships. I love going out to dinner and brunch and sleeping in. I love being an aunt. (It's really the fucking best!) I love that our apartment feels spacious. I love having disposable income. And yet, while we don't know what the other path, the parental path, looks like in its particulars – and there is a lot about it that scares the fuck out of me – we've never felt confident enough in our childfree status to fully cut off the possibility of taking it.

Our collective ambivalence resulted in a kind of decision paralysis. I felt as though two distinct lives were staring me (and us) down, both beautiful and challenging in their own particular ways. And I also knew, that at some point, we simply had to make a choice.

So, a choice was made. And as of today, I am 23 weeks pregnant. (!!!)

I have a lot more to say about how we came to this decision, all of the complex emotions that have accompanied it, the alternately alienating and liberating nature of pregnancy body changes, my feelings of personal grievance with the MAGA White House baby boom -- and more! – in today's podcast episode. And I hope to expand on some of these topics in essay form over the coming weeks and months.

For now, I hope you all enjoy today's conversation. It's vulnerable and honest and the kind of chat that only feels possible to have in the semi-public sphere because we've built such a wonderful community here on Rich Text. So, thank you for all of your support as we head into this new frontier, both professionally here on Patreon and, for me, personally.

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