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Rattled: When New Parenthood Shakes You

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“Rattled” is a podcast about the moments when new parenthood shakes you. It’s for new, expecting, and first-time parents navigating pregnancy, postpartum, and life with a newborn — parents who are second-guessing themselves, their choices, and their identity. In each episode, Dr. Becky and the Good Inside team will slow things down, tackle one honest yet difficult question, and hear from listeners about the emotional reality of the transition into parenthood.

*Please note that Rattled is currently on production hiatus - we'll return soon!*

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#20
August 27 · 41 min
In Good Hands: Going Back to Work
The final episode in our collaboration with Care.com about finding care for your baby.
#19
August 20 · 38 min
Emily Oster Talks Science, Vibes, and the Nights Where Nothing Works
Emily Oster and Dr. Becky sort parenting myths into science or vibes, then confess the nights their own expertise couldn't save them.
#18
August 13 · 25 min
In Good Hands: The First Goodbye
In Part Two of a three-part series with Care.com, Dr. Becky breaks down the anxiety that shows up when it's time to hand your baby to someone else.
#17
August 6 · 29 min
Parenting on Empty - Revisit
Dr. Becky tackles parental burnout, what you can do to take care of yourself, and how to bring some fun back into your life.
#16
July 30 · 37 min
Cameron Oaks Rogers Trades Questions with Dr. Becky
Cameron Oaks Rogers is pregnant with her third baby, and her 2.5-year-old will not let her out of his sight. Not "clingy" in the normal toddler way — he wants back in, physically, as close to her body as he can get. This week, Cameron and Dr. Becky trade the mic. Cameron — host of Conversations with Cam and writer of the Substack Fill Your Cup — brought her own concept to the table: "parenting is all in the marketing," the art of selling a hard moment to a kid too smart to fall for a straight-up lie. Becky brings the toddler psychology behind why he's suddenly this attached, plus a two-minute trick with toy blocks that makes an abstract thing like "a new baby is coming" concrete enough for a two-year-old to hold onto. Then it flips: Cameron asks Becky the questions. About the intrusive thoughts she's never talked about publicly before — the ones that come back every pregnancy, tied to her own history, and how she's learned to tell the difference between a thought and a threat. And about why taking care of yourself isn't something you owe your kid an apology for. * Looking for more support navigating pregnancy, postpartum, and life with a new baby? Good Inside Baby gives you practical tools, scripts, and expert guidance for the moments that can feel most overwhelming in early parenthood. Thank you to Frida for making this episode possible. Shop Frida’s bath time collection at Amazon, Target, and Walmart today. Learn more about Good Inside. Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
#15
July 23 · 36 min
In Good Hands: Finding Your Caregiver
This is Episode One of “In Good Hands,” a three-part series with Care.com on the emotional truths of finding care for your baby. Today: the search for childcare.
#14
July 16 · 31 min
Chemistry, Not Character: Why You Don't Feel Like Yourself After Baby
A few weeks in, so many new parents think the same thing: something feels off, and I don't recognize myself. Fertility doctor Dr. Lucky Sekhon explains why, and it comes down to chemistry, not character.
#13
July 9 · 37 min
Postpartum Anxiety: The 3 Cycles Running the Show
Dr. Becky sits down with psychologist Dr. Nicole Pensak, author of the book Rattled, and grabs a whiteboard to map the anxiety that quietly runs the show in early parenthood: the middle-of-the-night checking, the "if I feel it, it must be true" spiral, and the slow drift of avoiding more and more until your world gets small.
#12
July 2 · 25 min
5 Numbers Every New Parent Needs to Hear
Dr. Becky breaks down five data points every new parent needs to know. Not to scare you -- to prepare you.
#11
June 25 · 31 min
Postpartum OCD, Intrusive Thoughts: What’s Happening to Me?
Dr. Becky talks to Sabrina Rudin about the intrusive thoughts that flooded in after baby arrived, the terror of thinking something was fundamentally broken in her, and the moment she told her husband she thought she'd "become a murderer." And she explains why his response changed everything.
#10
June 18 · 34 min
When the Baby Arrives and Dad Falls Apart
Dr. Becky talks to Kevin Maguire about the experience of — and the insights from — paternal postpartum depression.
#9
June 11 · 35 min
IVF, Miscarriage, then Barack Obama
Hannah Bronfman and her husband Brendan Fallis join Dr. Becky to talk about the parts of new parenthood that don't make the highlights reel: fertility struggles, maternal health fears, and the specific kind of panic that hits the moment you leave the hospital with a baby and realize no one is coming with you.
#8
June 4 · 37 min
I Wanted to Be a Different Kind of Dad
Dr. Becky talks with writer Aymann Ismail about the emotional reality of early fatherhood — the parts men are rarely encouraged to say out loud.
#7
May 28 · 29 min
I Needed Proof I Was a Good Mom
Dr. Becky and author and mom of two Erin Schlozman unpack the disorientation of new parenthood: the feeling that your baby’s crying is somehow a reflection of you, the pressure to “get it right,” and the clarifying realization that motherhood doesn’t follow a linear path.
#6
May 21 · 36 min
Will I Ever Feel Like Myself Again?
NBC News anchor and author Morgan Radford talks with Dr. Becky about the parts of new motherhood nobody prepared her for: the physical recovery, the mental disorientation, the pressure to “bounce back,” and the panic that the hardest parts might last forever.
#5
May 14 · 28 min
I Love My Baby... and I'm So Bored
Dr. Becky and Myleik Teele talk honestly about the monotony of early parenting, the loss of spontaneity and identity, and the shame so many parents feel when reality doesn’t match what they imagined.
#4
May 7 · 32 min
What If I Don’t Feel a Bond With My Baby?
What if you don’t feel that immediate rush of love after your baby is born?
#3
April 30 · 23 min
Dr. Becky's 4pm Dread
In this deeply personal solo episode, Dr. Becky shares her own early postpartum experience—the identity shift, the crash from “I can handle anything” to something entirely different, and the quiet reframe she wishes she had back then.
#1
April 23 · 20 min
"Nobody Told Me This Would Happen" — with Caro Chambers
Writer and mom-of-four Caro Chambers on the 6:30 morning her life quietly shifted, the body she didn't recognize, and the wisdom it took four babies to learn: when things are okay, let them be okay.
#2
April 23 · 28 min
"What If I Hurt My Baby?" — with Leah Smart
Writer and mom Leah Smart on perinatal anxiety, the intrusive thoughts she didn't know had a name, and the reframe that changed everything: your fears are almost always about what you love most.

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