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Upcoming Mothers (feat. Cassidy)
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In this series, we are digging deeper into current and potential motherhood. We are peaking through the eyes of several different women, all in different life stages. In this episode, we are interviewing Cassidy!
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Introduction & Focus on Women/Motherhood
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Welcome, welcome beautiful people, welcome pioneers. We are in season two through the eyes of women, upcoming mothers. And this is the last episode before we get into motherhood.
Cassidy's Career & Maternal Aspirations
00:00:52
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And today we have Cassidy on here. So Cassidy, tell us a little bit about yourself. I am currently a student at Whitworth and I'm going to school to become a pediatrician. So I love those kiddos.
00:01:13
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All righty. First question. Are you expecting a child or do you want one in the future? I am not currently expecting any kids, but I would love to be a mom in the future. Are you married or dating? Unfortunately, no. I would love to, but I haven't found the one yet. Sure, sir. Well, I'm ready to mingle.
00:01:41
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Do you think you're ready to be a mom? I would say I'm ready to be a mom, yes. What are you ready and prepared for as it pertains to motherhood?
00:01:53
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I would say I'm ready to take on the challenges that come and understand that nothing's going to go perfect and I can't make everything go perfectly no matter how much my planning brain would like to. I'm prepared to take on the ups and the downs and the roller coaster that is motherhood. What are you unprepared for? I would probably have to say that
00:02:21
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The same answer. I'm unprepared for what all of the challenges are because looking at it from the outside motherhood seems like one thing, but I feel like once you are actively a mom yourself, what you thought you knew isn't actually what you know. And so I'm prepared and unprepared for all of the same things, but ready to take it on. Yeah.
Motherhood Preparedness & Influence of Cassidy's Mother
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Is your mom in your life and how do you think that will affect your motherhood?
00:02:51
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Yes, my mother is in my life. Her and I are very close. And I think that would have a lot to do with how I raise my kids, taking the things that she's taught me and how she led by example, take that into how I mother my children and also just to have her there as a resource since I have never done it before. And she's done it three times. So having her there to help when I'm stuck. Could you be a mother to someone else's child?
00:03:22
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Of course, I love all the kiddos. And if it was in God's plan that I have some step kids or adopt kids, I would definitely do that. How many kids do you want? I would like to have anywhere between three and five. Oh, yes. I know I'd have to talk to my husband about it, though. Maybe he'd want more and he'd have to negotiate.
00:03:51
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Oh no.
Family Planning & Openness to Adoption
00:03:53
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Negotiate? What? No, what the fuck? There's no negotiation. Listen, three is like the perfect number. I love being in the middle of three. So three is ideal, but I wouldn't mind having more. I'm going to throw up. Okay. How would you handle the death, miscarriage, stillbirth, sis, et cetera of your child?
00:04:21
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That is a very hard question because no mother wants to be put in that situation whatsoever because losing a child is extremely difficult and we often want to know why, what we could have done better and feel like. And so I think the best way that I would handle that is I would
00:04:46
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throw my concerns and my worries and my sadness to the Lord and I would pray about it and I would understand that though I don't have my baby with me on earth, my baby is in heaven and I will see them again one day and I think that would be what would make it bearable. Yeah. What traditions do you want to break with your kids?
Family Traditions & Values
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I can't think of any I would like to break. I had a fairly good childhood growing up and I think there I have far more that I'd rather continue or add, but none I would think I would stop. So what tradition do you want to start or continue?
00:05:32
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I would like to have a tradition where it's like very family oriented, whether that's like family game nights or once a month we go out and try a different cuisine at a restaurant or something like that. But one tradition I can remember growing up with that I think I will continue with my kids is on holidays or special events.
00:05:56
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my mom would always make creamed eggs on toast. And that's what we would look forward to for breakfast on special days like Christmas or Easter or birthdays or things like that. And so maybe I wouldn't do creamed eggs on toast. Maybe I'd find something that's more for my family unit, but definitely something similar. What is one thing you want your child to know you for?
00:06:25
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I would say I want my kid to know me for being compassionate and a godly woman who'd wanted to spread the kindness and the love of God and led by example and knew that I was there for them when they needed me. What do you want to impart in your case the most?
00:06:52
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building off of what I said earlier, I think I would want to impart the love of God to them and train them up in their faith so that they are confident in who they are and that they are compassionate human beings and are willing to help people and not only think about themselves and that when I send them out into the world, they know their worth and who they are in the Lord. What do you have to say to other upcoming mothers?
Advice for New Mothers
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Congratulations, first off, motherhood is always exciting. But also, I think the best advice I can give from not experiencing it myself would be use your resources. If you have sisters, aunts, your mom, friends who have experienced this before, use them as a resource. And obviously, any advice they give you, you don't have to take, but at least you have somebody there
00:07:53
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to give you that advice starting off. Yeah. All right. Last two questions. What do you have to say to this generation of women and mothers? I would say, um,
00:08:13
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Use your resources. Like I said earlier, just use those resources of people that you trust, that you can rely on. There's a lot of things out there that tell you how you're supposed to raise your kids and how you're supposed to do this and you're not supposed to do that.
00:08:28
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all of these things. And I think it can get really confusing and you almost fall into this gray space of you don't know what you're going to do. But in the end, like step back, pray about it and ask yourself and the Lord how you want to raise your kids and follow that. Cause you can never go wrong with that. And what do you have to say to this generation of men and fathers?
Conclusion & Further Engagement
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Well, congratulations, if you're going to be a dad, that's exciting. I think the most important thing I can say is be supportive. Carrying a child for nine months and then delivering said child is not an easy task. So any way that you can be there and support and aid your significant other is highly appreciated and just do the best you can.
00:09:27
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Alrighty, and with that, pioneers and beautiful people, we have concluded this episode. Go check out the website, Patreon, do all of the things, and you guys have a wonderful, amazing day, and we will catch you in the next episode. Bye! Bye!
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