Baby Quest

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week it's our birth story... PART 2! In which Clementine gets a good case of the jaundice and then we go for her first echocardiogram. And then about a hundred other appointments. But don’t worry, this is still a podcast about stillbirth, infant loss, pregnancy after loss, and grief! Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week... Clementine is here! We get down and dirty talking about our extremely medical birth experience. It gets wet and wild! But don’t worry, this is still a podcast about stillbirth, infant loss, pregnancy after loss, and grief! Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about stillbirth, the anxiety of pregnancy after loss, and just trying to bring home a baby. This week, we celebrate Super Mario and all of his cool friends! But we also talk about our last OB appointment and Clementine's impending birth. We also spend a surprising amount of time on circumcision and other topics from Emily Oster's book, Cribsheet. Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about stillbirth, the anxiety of pregnancy after loss, and just trying to bring home a baby. This week, we make another trip to the birthing unit triage, Mike gets tested, we get bummed about having a baby during COVID-19, and we have too many cars! Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

  IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about stillbirth, the anxiety of pregnancy after loss, and just trying to bring home a baby. This week, it's the pre-penultimate pre-baby episode! We discuss the details of our extremely medical birth plan, but we also watched Becoming You on Apple TV+, and then we round it out with our baby financial questions. Is an RESP the only way for babies to make money? We're not sure! But let us know if you know!   Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!  

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about stillbirth, the anxiety of pregnancy after loss, and just trying to bring home a baby. This week, Clem gets has a fetal echocardiogram, we learn about having a pulmonary valve stenosis, and then we continue to have a lot of PAIL feelings!Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, we talk about the """"Big Game"""", we discuss stressing your partner out with your own weird worries, and then we get into being your own advocate when it comes to making medical decisions.Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW! 

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week we get into our grief, we hit up that anxiety, and we talk all about our virtual 2021 baby shower! But also the feelings involved with having a baby shower after a loss!A nice thing you could do would be to share our good podcast with a friend. :)Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, we we get ethical! We're tackling the question of whether or not it's actually okay to have a baby in the year 2021 considering... you know... the general state of things.Here is a link to the article we reference heavily during this episode. It's called Is it OK to have a child? by Meehan Crist.Don’t worry, we also give you a big update on the nursery shelf situation.Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week we talk about our continued stress and anxiety as we pass the 29-week mark, we dip into treatment of Dads, and then, of course, we discuss the Ottawa Senators.We also discuss Emily Oster's data-driven pregnancy book: Expecting Better. She also has a great newsletter you should check outSend us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, we talk about the very real anxiety we're both feeling as we approach the week in which we lost Eliza. We also talk about our very weird, specific, and sometimes fake anxiety.Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Baby Quest is a show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. But that's not what this is! This week we present to you a special episode that is all about the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Iron Man. Why are we doing this? I dunno! We just wanted to! It's for fun!Don’t worry, we'll be back to talk about stillbirth, infant loss, pregnancy after loss, and grief next week!NOTE: We mention an episode of another podcast, Sawbones, where they do a big takedown of Gwyneth Paltrow and her fake medicine empire, Goop. However, it turns out that this itself is a bonus episode only for Max Fun members, so I can't link to it here. OOPS! For a real quick summary, the criticism section on Goop's Wikipedia page is basically longer than the rest of the whole entry. Regardless, please feel free to listen to Sawbones: a marital tour of misguided medicine.Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week we talk about how our Christmas went, Leah gets ready for parental leave, and represent to you an annual tradition: The Baby of the Year Awards!Don't worry, we still talk about stillbirth, infant loss, and pregnancy after loss. And Baby Yoda.Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

FIXED!!! This is the second upload of this episode because the first upload wasn't actually this episode at all. It was last week's. SO BAD! I'M SORRY! I'VE RUINED CHRISTMAS!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week... IT'S THE HOLDAY SEASON!!! And so of course that means we're gonna talk about The Mandelorian. But also, we go over Christmas grief strategies that we used last year after Eliza was born. Almost none of which are applicable during a pandemic. Whoops!Further reading on Candlenights.Have a fun and safe break celebrating whatever it is you like to celebrate this year! STAY COZY!Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, Mike and Leah talk about lessons they're still learning about being pregnant after losing a child and the good advice they received from an OB. Also, Squid gets a real human name! And you're gonna find out what it is! Nice!Here is a link to Framed Design, the shop where Leah ordered her little wooden sign. It's cute.And here is a link to the Wikipedia page about Kraft Dinner.Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, we go to the hospital, we discuss the need for a backup child, and we invent the perfect November holiday.Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week we talk about the results of Squid's fetal echocardiogram (heart thing) and how that might play out in the months ahead. We also hear about a couple celeb losses from this week including Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex.Here is a link to her piece in the NYT. (You'll need a free account to read it.)Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week Mike and Leah talk about some more #Pregnancy #After #Infant #Loss, they give you the weekly Squid Update aka Squpdate, and we accidentally talk about TV shows.SPECIAL NOTE FROM MIKE:If you're looking to watch some Great British Bake Off, just be aware that it's called The Great British Baking Show in North America due to a copyright battle with Pillsbury. You can watch it on CBC Gem in Canada and I think Netflix in the states?Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, we have our Noonan Syndrome Reveal Party, we talk about our Pregnancy After Infant Loss (PAIL) experience so far, and get into why PAIL is a stinker of a trauma to experience!Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, we've got some additional genetic testing results. And then we, once again, get POLITICAL and talk about President Elect Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. as well as some other presidents who have lost children.Here is a link to the episode of the Ezra Klein Show mentioned.Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, try not to get SPOOKED too hard listening this one, folks! But mostly we just talk about how Leah doesn't actually like the "being pregnant" part of being pregnant, and how that's okay. Also, for the first time ever, we make a political endorsement.Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, we present to you the definitive conversation on gender. Just kidding! But we will talk about which chromosomes Squid has. Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, Mike learns all about the placenta. Additionally, we talk amniocentesis, Halloween, F1 racing, discover the belly button, get somewhat off topic, and then we receive our first ever email!!!Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, Katie Monteith joins the BQ Crew to tell us all about her daughter Helen. We also learn all about Helen's Place!FURTHER READING:Helen's PlaceHelen's Place on InstagramHelen's Place on FacebookMemoir excerptSend us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, we get into our new grief feelings, update everyone on the CVS and bleeding situation, and we introduce our new celebrity baby death segment. Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, we get a quick update, we accidentally talk about pregnancy apps for a while, but then we get into this week's actual topic: THE BUTTERFLY RUN! Join or support our Butterfly Run team!Support Mike's runSupport Leah's walk Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod at gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, Mike and Leah spend a LOT of time waiting.Also... this is Mike, hi. Apologies if you noticed the audio issues in this episode. I made a mistake in editing and we lost a couple minutes of what we recorded and then, well, maybe you'll hear the problem and maybe you won't! In any case, it probably won't happen again! But thanks for sticking with the show as we learn how to make a podcast.

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week... THREE EPISODES IN A ROW!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! We're getting ALL caught up by dumping our entire backlog of update episodes we recorded into one huge(ly enjoyable) episode! Lots happens! Support our Butterfly Run team! Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, we've got a VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!! ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) Check out Roger Neilson House here! Support our Butterfly Run team! Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, Mike tries to remember some of the very interesting history and facts about hockey legend Roger Neilson, and then we discuss his cool house (not actually his house) where we received our grief support.Check out Roger Neilson House here!Support our Butterfly Run team!Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! And we even have an email address now: babyquestpod@gmail.com! WOW!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, Mike celebrates Eliza's first birthday by doing something that he is embarrassed about. But then we do some more nice normal things to celebrate the day too.Here is a link to the wonderful memorial baby book we have: I Love You Still.And here is a link to the Barkley Marathons documentary in which Gary Robbins drinks ketchup.Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week we re-recap one particular song from Frozen II. And then the rest of Frozen II. And then the making-of documentary about Frozen II. But then we also discuss our plans for Eliza's upcoming birthday. Also, that website is called Does the Dog Die. Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week we've gone Hollywood! And we got triggered! We talk about all your favourite TV shows, movies, and video games and the various ways that they upset us! You'll hear about The Mandalorian, The Crown, Frozen 2, Animal Crossing, and much much more! Here is a link to the great article from Polygon about players creating memorials in Animal Crossing. Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, we discuss what it's like parenting your deceased child. And we also talk about holding your baby after they've been in the morgue. You could say it's pretty "cool!" Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod or Twitter @BabyQuestCast!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week, Leah discovers Hamilton! We talk baby urns! And don't forget the DILDO CAM!Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod  or Twitter @BabyQuestCast!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week we have an actually helpful episode. Our friend Meg joins us to talk about all of the amazing, practical things she did for us in the days after our loss.Here's the video series mentioned in this episode.Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod  or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! 

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week we recap Father's Day and Mike has an adventure bringing his sperm for someone to look at!Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod  or Twitter @BabyQuestCast!   

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week we talk about some traditional fertility methods, Mike takes a Buzzfeed quiz, and Leah tries to spread lies!Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod  or Twitter @BabyQuestCast!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week we talk about Father's Day and discuss whether or not dads get sad or if they're just too tough and cool!Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod  or Twitter @BabyQuestCast!   

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. FINALLY! It's the last part of our backstory! And we talk about Christmas for like fifteen minutes! In June!Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod  or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! It's confusing, I know!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. You brought the Q, and we've got all that A! We're answering your questions! Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod  or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! It's confusing, I know!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week's topics include fun things to do after a stillbirth! Like grief counselling! Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod  or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! It's confusing, I know!

This week on Baby Quest, we’re lucky enough to finally meet our daughter, Eliza.Instagram: @BabyQuestPodTwitter: @BabyQuestCast

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This week's topics include being pregnant, Leah being huge, and a funny video we saw once! Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod  or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! It's confusing, I know!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. Welcome to the third episode of our very interesting backstory. This week's topics include IVF, TTC, miscarriage, and one noisy vest! Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram @BabyQuestPod  or Twitter @BabyQuestCast! It's confusing, I know!

IT'S BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. Welcome to the second episode of our very interesting backstory. We cover topics like Leah's surgery, recovery, near-death experiences, and one cool cervix! Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram! @BabyQuestPod Maybe someday we'll even have an email address! Who knows! 

WELCOME TO BABY QUEST! The show where Mike and Leah talk about the trials and even more trials of having a baby. This is the first in our miniseries about ourselves and catching everyone up on our quest to date. This episode covers everything from the beginnings of life on Earth up until Leah's big, exciting surgery. Send us your questions, comments, or just say hi on Instagram! @BabyQuestPod Maybe someday we'll even have an email address! Who knows!