Thank you for sharing something so personal and meaningful.
Hearing Paola’s experience touched me deeply. In so many ways, it reflects what so many women go through on the journey of bringing life into the world,the strength, the fear, the unexpected moments, and the courage it takes to move through it all. I could relate as well, having had an emergency cesarean when I was just 18.
And yet, despite all the challenges, there’s something so powerful about that moment when you finally see your baby… everything else fades, and all you feel is love and gratitude for the blessing in your arms. It’s something only a mother can truly understand.
I also wanted to say how beautiful the name you chose for your precious baby, so appropriate as it means “God heals.” What a meaningful and powerful name to carry into this world.
Thank you, Paola and Graham, for this podcast of strength, changes, growth and blessings. As I listened to the ups and downs of the life change of becoming a parent it brought back beautiful memories of the gratitude and overwhelming love of those moments. For me the beginning of three lives and blessed gifts. Recently one of those lives ended. Your words brought me to a place of the beginning and the gift of knowing he lived a beautiful life. It is another life transition and opportunity to see, moving forward, the blessing and legacy in his daughters. Thank you for the reminder and memories of the gift of beginnings and letting go and letting God guide through life transitions. Continued blessings to your lovely family.
Thank you both for sharing your story with going forward in life experiences. I have to go back many years to remember trying to have a baby, which I lost one then never conceiving again. Then we chose to adopt. 8 months later, after a thorough examination of our lifestyle, funds, exam our home and tons of paperwork we received a call to come in the next day to visit our new baby girl. Three years later we received a baby boy. These are some of my most precious memories. They are both now grown, precious adults. She is a managing CPA partner with a profitable firm. He just had to ride a small motorcycle, and it got the best of him. He is now disabled. I hope I have not rattled on too much.
If it is any comfort both my sons had their worst accidents on motorcycles they came out of them okay…They still have some recurring problems . A guy thing it seems and I am always praying for them and my grandchildren 30 years later 🙏🙏🤗🤗❤️❤️God Bless you for Your courage to adopt and raise these children- keep praying.🙏
What a delightful discussion! Thank you both for being so open and vulnerable in sharing your experiences and how you each navigate difficult and unexpected life moments. Life's surprises never end as long as we are alive and having the tools you shared is so important.
It's beautiful to see how you rely on God to carry you when things feel beyond your control. You two are clearly meant for each other and you're both better being a unit while you parent. I love hearing that you are supporting each other as you make space for self care. It's easy to lose yourself when you become mom and dad, but your little one will benefit from each of you taking time out to just be you. This was beautiful!
My comment about asking more beautiful questions is how I have learned to navigate the challenges and my faith is at the center of what carries me in all the ups and downs. I've been through some very hard things in my life, but God is my comfort. Prayer, meditation, surrender, and release. And many times that process has to be repeated!
Blessings on your sweet family! Thank you for sharing your journey.
Graham and Paola, such great conversation. So sweet that you shared part of you experiences with us. Paola, I can definitely share and understand. I needed C-section with my first. Not what I was expecting or prepared for. It complicated things,but it was so worth it. I am not a nurse,but I worked in Obstetrics for 32 years. Obstetrics has advanced so since those early years. Paola, did you have a lactation nurse,so you got some help with your breastfeeding?? I hope you had success with your breastfeeding. Life definitely changes when you have first child. I am sure you and Graham are great parents. It is such a joyous time. You forget all the pain the second you hold that blessed child. This beautiful little boy,and any that may come after are so lucky to have you two as Mom and Dad. Graham and Paola, you are beautiful together. Continued blessings and love. You got this!!! ❤️❤️❤️👏🙏🏻
thank you paola & graham for sharing your delivery experience as this reminded me of my daughters experience 8 months ago after a grueling 24 hrs of labor & delivery almost having a c-section she also had a long recovery after. we often forget that the new dads are also going through this experience as well and they tend to get pushed aside so well done pulling yourself together graham. oh and no more special gummy bears for you lol.😉 rafael is a beautiful name for your son he has two exceptional parents to love and raise him. ❤️
Congratulations to both of you and for sharing this with us. I listened to the replay this morning as it’s been hard as of late to catch things when you’re live. May God bless you and your family! 🙏
Paola well I don’t even know where to start you and I have had similar journeys I had mastitis I felt like I had the flu and I was so so tired nobody told me about pumping my breasts and I had no support I ended up bottle feeding because I truly believe this was back in the late seventies and men ruled the medical field and I ended up bottle feeding my beautiful daughter and because of that she ended up with colic from the god awful formula that I gave her until I found a pediatrician that told me what to do until then I never slept and I actually passed out I kept saying through your whole podcast I hope to god someone told her to pump her breasts I felt such guilt over not being able to breast feed my daughter I’m crying still it’s a hard one to let go of as a mother and of course this is one of the reasons my daughters are far apart in age they are 11 yrs apart and my next one was a C-section lol well I won’t get into that but it was so good to hear about the why of mastitis and yes I’m a libra and unfortunately it’s our life’s work to be a giver we just want to see everyone content and happy so we give and give and guess what we are exhausted because we forget about ourselves and I’m at the point in my life where I can’t give anymore I’m tired 🤷♀️
Anywho lol tell Graham that my Nick was the same way with needles and blood what you Paola experience with G I experienced with Nick but I will give credit when it did come to my second pregnancy the dreaded C-section he stuck by me through the whole surgery holding my hand and it’s something I’ll never forget because he did it for me out of love he was always my support system as G is for you god bless and I love you both you are beautiful together … ❤️
When we are younger we fantasize how life will look for us as a spouse and parent. We feel that our limited experience before then has equipped us to take on those roles with ease or at least with knowledge from what we've heard or read. And then...it happens! I became pregnant after 2 years of marriage to my college sweetheart and WHAM! He wasn’t on board. That was the first blow to my idyllic image if how family life was going to be for me. The long and short of it was nothing was as I had envisioned. BUT... facing life with a supportive, loving and God centered partner will get you through to the other side of challenges with grace and provide the loving home your child deserves. Thank you Graham and Paola for sharing your challenges with us...as they help us see we are not alone. Having each other under God's umbrella will serve your little family well. God Bless you!❤️🙏
Thank you so much for being so honest about the chaotic events of the birth of your son. Having a child is traumatic even when all goes well. May I ask where your family was to help to support you? Did you not read the books available for new parents? I know books are not the answer but they do help. When I had my first son in 1955 I was in hospital for two weeks as that is what happened problems or not. Just a suggestion, sleep when the baby sleeps, and take one day at a time. Just watch also for any depression as post partum is a real and devastating trauma related to childbirth. I know firsthand as my daughter was stricken with this. Do take time each and every day to enjoy each new experience and take care of yourselves. Your lives have now changed but for the best. Blessings to you all. 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Graham and Paula for this beautiful story I'm so happy for both of you as parents to a beautiful little boy hopefully we'll get to see him one day as a mother I have been through this c-sections three of them know how you feel congratulations to you both God bless love listening to your stories your podcast time has come.
Thank you for sharing your experience with such honesty. Becoming parents doesn’t just change our lives, it also transforms our souls and opens a path of love and growth.
Paola and Graham, thank you for sharing. Paola, I relate to your experience, as I had a difficult birth with my daughter and issues that followed. She ate every three hours around the clock, so I understand being tired and sleep-deprived. But each time, I picked her up to feed her, holding her close to let her know she was safe and loved, was worth every moment of fatigue. I am confident that the two of you will get through these moments of exhaustion and will be great parents.
Thank you Paola and Graham for sharing something so personal. As a young couple many many years ago, we went through an emergency C-Section. It was both frightening and scary. We pulled our strength from God and knew it was his plan for a healthy baby when they laid him in my arms. I have the smiley face as a daily reminder, but knowing God gave us the strength we needed is so comforting. No matter how many books you read or advice that you are given, you don’t know what it is like to be a first time parent until you experience it. My prayers and blessings are with you as you navigate your new life while leaving the life you once knew behind. ❤️
Thank you for sharing something so personal and meaningful.
Hearing Paola’s experience touched me deeply. In so many ways, it reflects what so many women go through on the journey of bringing life into the world,the strength, the fear, the unexpected moments, and the courage it takes to move through it all. I could relate as well, having had an emergency cesarean when I was just 18.
And yet, despite all the challenges, there’s something so powerful about that moment when you finally see your baby… everything else fades, and all you feel is love and gratitude for the blessing in your arms. It’s something only a mother can truly understand.
I also wanted to say how beautiful the name you chose for your precious baby, so appropriate as it means “God heals.” What a meaningful and powerful name to carry into this world.
Sending love and blessings to you all 🥹
Thank you, Paola and Graham, for this podcast of strength, changes, growth and blessings. As I listened to the ups and downs of the life change of becoming a parent it brought back beautiful memories of the gratitude and overwhelming love of those moments. For me the beginning of three lives and blessed gifts. Recently one of those lives ended. Your words brought me to a place of the beginning and the gift of knowing he lived a beautiful life. It is another life transition and opportunity to see, moving forward, the blessing and legacy in his daughters. Thank you for the reminder and memories of the gift of beginnings and letting go and letting God guide through life transitions. Continued blessings to your lovely family.
Thank you both for sharing your story with going forward in life experiences. I have to go back many years to remember trying to have a baby, which I lost one then never conceiving again. Then we chose to adopt. 8 months later, after a thorough examination of our lifestyle, funds, exam our home and tons of paperwork we received a call to come in the next day to visit our new baby girl. Three years later we received a baby boy. These are some of my most precious memories. They are both now grown, precious adults. She is a managing CPA partner with a profitable firm. He just had to ride a small motorcycle, and it got the best of him. He is now disabled. I hope I have not rattled on too much.
Thanks for your
Sharing
Sorry to hear about your son.
If it is any comfort both my sons had their worst accidents on motorcycles they came out of them okay…They still have some recurring problems . A guy thing it seems and I am always praying for them and my grandchildren 30 years later 🙏🙏🤗🤗❤️❤️God Bless you for Your courage to adopt and raise these children- keep praying.🙏
Sorry to hear of your loss . Gods Blessings to you and your family for comfort and peace to help carry you throughout this difficult time.❤️🤗🙏
Thank you Paola and Graham, for sharing something so real and meaningful. 🤍
May God bless you! 🙏🏻✨
What a delightful discussion! Thank you both for being so open and vulnerable in sharing your experiences and how you each navigate difficult and unexpected life moments. Life's surprises never end as long as we are alive and having the tools you shared is so important.
It's beautiful to see how you rely on God to carry you when things feel beyond your control. You two are clearly meant for each other and you're both better being a unit while you parent. I love hearing that you are supporting each other as you make space for self care. It's easy to lose yourself when you become mom and dad, but your little one will benefit from each of you taking time out to just be you. This was beautiful!
My comment about asking more beautiful questions is how I have learned to navigate the challenges and my faith is at the center of what carries me in all the ups and downs. I've been through some very hard things in my life, but God is my comfort. Prayer, meditation, surrender, and release. And many times that process has to be repeated!
Blessings on your sweet family! Thank you for sharing your journey.
Graham and Paola, such great conversation. So sweet that you shared part of you experiences with us. Paola, I can definitely share and understand. I needed C-section with my first. Not what I was expecting or prepared for. It complicated things,but it was so worth it. I am not a nurse,but I worked in Obstetrics for 32 years. Obstetrics has advanced so since those early years. Paola, did you have a lactation nurse,so you got some help with your breastfeeding?? I hope you had success with your breastfeeding. Life definitely changes when you have first child. I am sure you and Graham are great parents. It is such a joyous time. You forget all the pain the second you hold that blessed child. This beautiful little boy,and any that may come after are so lucky to have you two as Mom and Dad. Graham and Paola, you are beautiful together. Continued blessings and love. You got this!!! ❤️❤️❤️👏🙏🏻
thank you paola & graham for sharing your delivery experience as this reminded me of my daughters experience 8 months ago after a grueling 24 hrs of labor & delivery almost having a c-section she also had a long recovery after. we often forget that the new dads are also going through this experience as well and they tend to get pushed aside so well done pulling yourself together graham. oh and no more special gummy bears for you lol.😉 rafael is a beautiful name for your son he has two exceptional parents to love and raise him. ❤️
Congratulations to both of you and for sharing this with us. I listened to the replay this morning as it’s been hard as of late to catch things when you’re live. May God bless you and your family! 🙏
Paola well I don’t even know where to start you and I have had similar journeys I had mastitis I felt like I had the flu and I was so so tired nobody told me about pumping my breasts and I had no support I ended up bottle feeding because I truly believe this was back in the late seventies and men ruled the medical field and I ended up bottle feeding my beautiful daughter and because of that she ended up with colic from the god awful formula that I gave her until I found a pediatrician that told me what to do until then I never slept and I actually passed out I kept saying through your whole podcast I hope to god someone told her to pump her breasts I felt such guilt over not being able to breast feed my daughter I’m crying still it’s a hard one to let go of as a mother and of course this is one of the reasons my daughters are far apart in age they are 11 yrs apart and my next one was a C-section lol well I won’t get into that but it was so good to hear about the why of mastitis and yes I’m a libra and unfortunately it’s our life’s work to be a giver we just want to see everyone content and happy so we give and give and guess what we are exhausted because we forget about ourselves and I’m at the point in my life where I can’t give anymore I’m tired 🤷♀️
Anywho lol tell Graham that my Nick was the same way with needles and blood what you Paola experience with G I experienced with Nick but I will give credit when it did come to my second pregnancy the dreaded C-section he stuck by me through the whole surgery holding my hand and it’s something I’ll never forget because he did it for me out of love he was always my support system as G is for you god bless and I love you both you are beautiful together … ❤️
When we are younger we fantasize how life will look for us as a spouse and parent. We feel that our limited experience before then has equipped us to take on those roles with ease or at least with knowledge from what we've heard or read. And then...it happens! I became pregnant after 2 years of marriage to my college sweetheart and WHAM! He wasn’t on board. That was the first blow to my idyllic image if how family life was going to be for me. The long and short of it was nothing was as I had envisioned. BUT... facing life with a supportive, loving and God centered partner will get you through to the other side of challenges with grace and provide the loving home your child deserves. Thank you Graham and Paola for sharing your challenges with us...as they help us see we are not alone. Having each other under God's umbrella will serve your little family well. God Bless you!❤️🙏
Thank you so much for being so honest about the chaotic events of the birth of your son. Having a child is traumatic even when all goes well. May I ask where your family was to help to support you? Did you not read the books available for new parents? I know books are not the answer but they do help. When I had my first son in 1955 I was in hospital for two weeks as that is what happened problems or not. Just a suggestion, sleep when the baby sleeps, and take one day at a time. Just watch also for any depression as post partum is a real and devastating trauma related to childbirth. I know firsthand as my daughter was stricken with this. Do take time each and every day to enjoy each new experience and take care of yourselves. Your lives have now changed but for the best. Blessings to you all. 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Graham and Paula for this beautiful story I'm so happy for both of you as parents to a beautiful little boy hopefully we'll get to see him one day as a mother I have been through this c-sections three of them know how you feel congratulations to you both God bless love listening to your stories your podcast time has come.
Thank you for sharing your experience with such honesty. Becoming parents doesn’t just change our lives, it also transforms our souls and opens a path of love and growth.
You two are the best together !! I love every podcast you do together!!
I wish you all the best and many happy days ahead with your new baby boy 👦🏻!! Love ❤️ to you all !!🙏🙏🙏
Paola and Graham, thank you for sharing. Paola, I relate to your experience, as I had a difficult birth with my daughter and issues that followed. She ate every three hours around the clock, so I understand being tired and sleep-deprived. But each time, I picked her up to feed her, holding her close to let her know she was safe and loved, was worth every moment of fatigue. I am confident that the two of you will get through these moments of exhaustion and will be great parents.
Thank you Paola and Graham for sharing something so personal. As a young couple many many years ago, we went through an emergency C-Section. It was both frightening and scary. We pulled our strength from God and knew it was his plan for a healthy baby when they laid him in my arms. I have the smiley face as a daily reminder, but knowing God gave us the strength we needed is so comforting. No matter how many books you read or advice that you are given, you don’t know what it is like to be a first time parent until you experience it. My prayers and blessings are with you as you navigate your new life while leaving the life you once knew behind. ❤️
Really great topic and show last night….. Thanks for sharing! I hope you both have a blessed week filled with sleep!