Don’t Think Twice Amrita Vijay & Andrew Stephens

We've come full circle in our tale of preparing for co-parenting: FAMILY. Andrew and Amrita's biological families will be fused together by this new baby -- what will that look like for a platonic couple? How will our very different religious and cultural upbringings come into play for our new family unit?
Host Marina Weiss helps bring this series home.
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We're nearing the end of our Baby Episodes! But we can't leave without confronting how sex and dating will work in Amrita and Andrew's new roles as friends raising a child together.
Host Marina Weiss does a little after-hours therapy and guides us in an open and vulnerable conversation about our ideal romantic partners, and how they might fit into our unconventional family. We all learn a lot. 

In this week's exploration of nontraditional family, we look at a male perspective on parenthood.
Andrew sits down with our friend JR Andre - an educator and school administrator who is on the pathway to parenthood along with his husband. 
We talk gay fatherhood, navigating relationships with the women involved in the process, and the importance of queer community and queer legacies.

On our journey to explore nontraditional family, we're taking a couple episodes to explore the gendered issues around the decision to have children (or not). This week, an episode very close to Amrita's heart.
Special guest Ciara Pressler is an accomplished author and entrepreneur, and also confidently child-free.
We talk cultural taboos, feminism, the wildly shallow dating pool, and the double-edged swords that affect moms and childfree women alike.  
Next week: Andrew's turn!

We've gotten a lot of questions about the legal aspects of our platonic coparenting situation, and there's plenty to discuss!
We get into the finer points of tax policy for self-employed parents -- plus, our experience with the fabulous Chosen Family Law Center, who are helping us iron out a co-parenting agreement for unpartnered parents. (Which tbh, all sorts of parents could probably benefit from).
Our host Marina Weiss gamely braves this jaunt into the practical realities of chosen family.
 

Things are chugging along. Now that the baby's cooking, how has it been?
BFFs Amrita and Andrew steer through the pregnancy as friends, finding new ways to care for one another, and maintain boundaries. 
We also have several notes about the raggedy-ass American health care system....especially as uninsured freelancers. Yikes.
Host Marina Weiss asks all the right questions and comments as we go.